SbK Manjaro Mate-Compiz 525

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I am happy to announce the release of SbK Mate-Compiz 525.

SbK_Manjaro_Mate-Compiz_525-A
SbK_Manjaro_Mate-Compiz_525-A1600×900 163 KB

The SpinsbyKilz.com watermark is not present in the installed OS.
SbK_Manjaro_Mate-Compiz_525-B
SbK_Manjaro_Mate-Compiz_525-B1600×900 198 KB

A minimal iso with a panel instead of a dock is available.
SbK_Manjaro_Mate-Compiz_525-C
SbK_Manjaro_Mate-Compiz_525-C1600×900 163 KB

All iso’s in this release include:

  1. The 6.12.25 LTS kernel.
  2. Compiz 9 with the rotating cube for virtual desktops, faded windows in the background, wobbly windows, and other effects.
  3. The New KoraSpin-Green9 icon theme with light and dark versions of the control icons. It is part of the KoraSpin-525 package.
  4. The new SpinThemeDarkGreen18 matching Gtk and Kvantum themes in one package.
  5. The new Usplash-525 desktop wallpapers. One of them is the background for the grub, desktop, and login screen backgrounds.
  6. A basic Conky with matching color theme.
  7. The iso’s are up to date as of 5/14/2025.
  8. An optional Firefox theme, SbK Dark Green18 that matches the color scheme is available here, Firefox Themes just click on the image in Firefox to install it.

All iso’s also contain the standard SbK features.

  1. The latest LTS kernel.
  2. A 100% Manjaro stable install.
  3. The AUR is available in pamac. Please read the AUR section of the SbK Best Practices page before using the AUR. AUR packages are not supported by Arch or Manjaro.
  4. It is multiarch by default to make running wine games and other 32bit software you may run easier.
  5. The Spins by Kilz signed repository is enabled for SbK project packages.
  6. A signed iso. For information on checking signed iso’s visit Check ISO
  7. Bloatware has been removed (HP printer software and others).
  8. Flat packs and snaps are not installed. The back ends are also not installed but can be installed by the user.
  9. All SbK iso’s contain Manjaro Architect script in case you want to do a custom install. To get any SbK packages like themes, icons, and other goodies you will have to add the SbK Repository after install.
  10. Timeshift autosnap installed. It takes a snapshot before upgrading so any bad upgrades can be easily reversed.
  11. A basic Conly with matching color theme.

A full and very minimal iso can be found here.

As always comments, questions and suggestions are always welcome.

Jim

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Hello Jim,

i hope you are diong well. My system does not like the current upgrade. It seems that ccsm is not linked to the correct libs.

It started with libxml2.so.2 which is missing, after that i got this:

# ccsm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ccsm", line 98, in <module>
    import compizconfig
ImportError: libprotobuf.so.30.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or director

Any ideas?

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An update likely updated one of the libraries the package was built against. I normally rebuild it for each SbK release series. I will be uploading an upgraded package for Compiz today.

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Thanks alot!

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The older libxml2 (v2.13.8-1) is available as libxml2-legacy from the usual repositories (in addition to the current v2.14.3-1), if that helps.

Regards.

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Sadly there are a few libraries that its built against. In this case libprotobuf.so.30.1.0 was the listed one, but if that is solved more errors will popup. I was thinking of bundling the libraries in with compiz to avoid this happening. Just not sure if it will allow it to continue to work.

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So far, so good. Works great on two machines.