WARNING: BETA STATE
This repository provides RPM packages built from the v2.0 development branch of KineticWE. The upstream source code is currently in active development. This repository is strictly intended for testing, debugging, and development purposes. Expect bugs, incomplete features, and potential breaking changes. Use at your own risk.

Overview:
This repository hosts the packaging for KineticWE, a modern Wayland compositor and desktop session based on KWin, featuring the Noctalia shell. It has been specifically packaged, patched, and optimized for openSUSE Slowroll and Tumbleweed to ensure proper isolation from standard KDE Plasma environments.

Upstream Project & Community:
KineticWE and the Noctalia shell are created and actively developed by TheBlackDon.

Creator & Lead Developer: TheBlackDon

Official Upstream Repository: https://gitlab.com/theblackdon/kineticwe

Discord Community: https://discord.gg/VscjNc5WC

Note: Please direct all core software bugs, feature requests, and upstream discussions to the official Discord or GitLab issue tracker. This OBS project strictly manages the openSUSE RPM packaging and deployment.

Included Components:

kineticwe: The core Wayland compositor, session launcher, and configuration files.

kineticwe-noctalia: The Noctalia shell interface.

xdg-desktop-portal-kwe: A custom desktop portal backend designed to coexist safely alongside the standard KDE portal.

kineticwe-greeter (Optional): A custom greetd-based display manager tailored for the KineticWE session.

Installation - openSUSE Slowroll:
sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/benyx31:/kineticwe/openSUSE_Slowroll/home:benyx31:kineticwe.repo
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install kineticwe

Installation - openSUSE Tumbleweed:
sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/benyx31:/kineticwe/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:benyx31:kineticwe.repo
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install kineticwe

(Note: If you want to use the optional greeter, install kineticwe-greeter and run kineticwe-setup-greeter.sh after installation).