SbK Gnome 21.3.7 release

I am happy to announce the release of SbK Gnome 21.3.7.


The “SpinsbyKilz.com ” watermark is not present in the installed desktop.

This release series was supposed to be 21.3.6, but an update happened during the release cycle with only LXQt released, so Lxqt was updated to 21.3.7 by rebuilding the iso’s. The rest of the iso’s will be built as 21.3.7. The theme package names may say 21.3.6 but they are for this release cycle as recreating them just for a name change isnt worth it.

This is the first series that uses the KoraSpin icons. They are forked from the Kora Icon set.

Both iso’s in this release include:

  1. The 5.15.60 LTS kernel.
  2. The following Gnome shell extensions are installed and used:
    Dash to Dock
    Hide Top bar (The top bar is hiddin by default. Moving the cursor to the top edge will show it.)
    Desktop Icons NG (It is enabled. But end users will have to manually set for launchers to be executable, or trusted. Until then they will have the generic launcher icon and will only open as a text file.)
  3. Minimize and Maximize window controls.
  4. The Tan shell theme based on Rounded Rectangle thats been heavily modified.
  5. The New KoraSpin-Tan2 icon theme with light and dark versions.
  6. The new SpinThemeDarkTan2 matching Gtk and Kvantum themes in one package.
  7. The new Usplash-21.3.6 desktop wallpapers. One of them is the background for the grub, desktop, and login screen backgrounds.
  8. LightDM instead of GDM with lightlocker screen locking.
  9. The iso’s are up to date as of 8/15/2022.
  10. Gnome icon in dock to bring up applications. Its color matches the shell theme.
  11. A LibAdwaita Tan2 theme. Please visit https://spins.tuxfamily.org/libadwaita.html for more information and other color options.
  12. An optional Firefox theme, SbK Dark Tan2, that matches the color scheme is available at https://spins.tuxfamily.org/ffthemes.html just click on the image in Firefox to install it.

Both iso’s also contain the standard SbK features.

  1. The latest LTS kernel.
  2. A Manjaro stable install that is also AUR compatible with a lot of packages used to build packages installed…
  3. It is multiarch by default to make running wine games and other 32bit software you may run easier.
  4. The Spins by Kilz signed repository is enabled for SbK project packages.
  5. A signed iso. For information on checking signed iso’s visit https://spins.tuxfamily.org/check.html
  6. Bloatware has been removed (HP printer software and others).
  7. Flat packs and snaps are not installed. The back ends are also not installed but can be installed by the user.
  8. All SbK iso’s contain Manjaro Architect script in case you want to do a custom install. Sadly to get any SbK packages like themes, icons, and other goodies you will have to add the SbK http://spins.tuxfamily.org/repo.html after install.
  9. Timeshift autosnap installed. It takes a snapshot before upgrading so any bad upgrades can be easily reversed.

A full and very minimal iso can be found here.

As always comments, suggestions, and questions are welcome.

Jim