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Sudo pacman-key -lsign-key 3FB6809130A5DB7F

Step 1: Adding the arch-unity repositoryĪs the repository has signed packages you have to add its signature to pacman. Making a backup with Timeshift like too is also advisable. Only follow it if you are willing to use Unity only. Warning: The process involves removing the existing desktop environment. Hence, you don’t have to bother about installing or building packages from the AUR. The installation involves adding an unofficial repository (packages are signed and also hosted by Unity 7 developers themselves). This is pretty straightforward but one might face some hiccups. Installing Unity on Arch Linux (for advanced users)

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install Unity 7 on Arch Linux and share my experience with it. That means it is not officially supported on Arch Linux but I still took it for a spin. There is no mention of the Unity desktop anywhere on Arch Wiki and AUR website. Unity running on Arch Linuxįor a brief time, it was available in AUR but that’s not the case anymore. Arch Linux users have a way to install it. If you liked the Unity desktop and want to try it again, you don’t necessarily have to use Ubuntu Unity. Heck! Their Ubuntu Unity project is now an official Ubuntu flavor. There are 3 steps to install the launcher switcher.Several years after Ubuntu abandoned the Unity desktop environment, a few volunteers put effort to release a new version 7.6.

The launchers cannot have different contents for a setup with multiple monitors.

Sadly the switcher is not enabled by default, so the workspaces can be switched with a shortcut key.

It gets awesome when combined with different wallpapers for each workspace.

So it’s a great addition to avoid things getting messed up. As it has the ability to remember which instance should be used, so if you click a link at let’s say Music workspace, it will be opened in the current workspace rather than the last one used.

Launcher Switcher is amazing, it is something you should try it on your desktop.

The LSwitcher remembers the content according to the workspace & the launcher automatically changes when the user switches to another workspace. It’s very useful if you are much busy with ongoing work or stuff hence creating different workspaces. The Unity Launcher Switcher briefly as LSwitcher is a new tool that enables you to set up a different launcher on each of your workspaces on unity.