Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 9G Released (With Automatic Monitor Configuration on Start-Up when Run in System-Wide Mode) + A New and Improved Dashboard with a Proper Task Switcher

by sash-au February 19, 2026February 19, 2026No Comments

I am happy to announce the release of Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 9G. This is an important release because it fills two more gaps for a more complete desktop experience. Now, when Orbitiny is installed system-wide and selected from the Display Manager menu, it applies your monitor configuration set with the Orbitiny’s Screen Configuration tool. If …

The Alt+Tab Task Switcher Has Been Completed | The Dashboard Has Been Spun Off Into its Own Application | The Task Switcher and the Dashboard are One Application (Screenshot)

by sash-au February 17, 2026February 17, 2026No Comments

Alright, so, the Alt+Tab Task Switcher has been completed and as you’d expect, it is its own application so it‘s running in its own memory space and by now, I think you know what that means but in case you don’t, it means that in the event of a crash, it won’t take the entire …

Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 9F Released with PiperWire Audio Support – 8 Changes in Total + Another Speed Boost

by sash-au February 16, 2026February 16, 2026No Comments

I am happy to announce Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 9F. This release removes an artificial 4-seconds startup delay (it was there for debugging reasons) on startup and brings you the long awaited PipeWire Audio support and with this latest add-on I have filled one more gap for a full desktop experience and coming up next is a …

Context Menus Size Has Been Shrieked – Yet Features Remain

by sash-au February 15, 2026February 15, 2026No Comments

So, in the previous release I introduced several innovative functions in the context menus but that increased the size of the menus. Because these are non-standard features, I decided to move those features into a submenu and this is the end result. When you right-click a file, you get the standard features you’d expect (with …

Alt+Tab Application Switching is Coming

by sash-au February 15, 2026February 15, 2026No Comments

I am aware of the missing Alt+Tab application switching and I’d like to assure you that it will be implemented/completed very soon. It is one more gap to fill. I already have the code throughout the project. It is a matter of consolidating it together into a new application. For example: the dashboard already shows …

PipeWire Audio Support Has Been Completed (Screenshots)

by sash-au February 14, 2026February 15, 2026No Comments

PipeWire support is now complete and it works even better than the original Pulse Audio support implementation. Below, I have uploaded three screenshots of various themes along with the PipeWire sinks and sources displayed. Like I said, for this one, I had to change distros but for the sake of the project’s development, now I …

PipeWire Audio Support is Nearly Complete – I Have a Fully Working Version

by sash-au February 14, 2026February 14, 2026No Comments

I am happy to let you know that the support for PipeWire Audio is nearly complete and I am typing this post after successful tests. The only thing remaining is integrating theme support and we’ll be done. How does it work? Rather than creating a new applet called “PipeWire Audio“, I decided to use the …

PipeWire Audio Support is Coming + A Minor Incremental Update Has Been Published Addressing a Qutiny Tab Bar Theme Issue

by sash-au February 12, 2026February 13, 2026No Comments

I am adding PipeWire support to Orbitiny Desktop. To be more specific a PipeWire Audio Volume Control applet for the Orbitiny Panel. This is one of those core components that’s missing so one by one, I am adding each and every vital component for a complete Desktop Environment experience. Unfortunately, I will have to switch …

Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 9EP Released with SUPER-MASSIVE Start-Up Speed Boost!

by sash-au February 11, 2026February 12, 2026No Comments

This is probably one of the most exciting releases to date! Why? Well, because I have achieved a tremendous Orbitiny Desktop start-up speed boost. Because of the efficiency and performance gained, I dubbed this release EP instead of just E and EP stands for “Efficiency and Performance” because everything is faster and smoother. Anyway, here …

Major Slow Response Related Fixes are Coming | Other Bug Fixes | Here is What’s Been Done So Far

by sash-au February 11, 2026February 11, 2026No Comments

For the upcoming Pilot 9E subsequent release my focal point is performance and more bug fixes (and potentially more orbitiny-screenshot-grabber features). Having said that, here is what’s been done so far. Fixed slow response and UI freezing when the Delete key is pressed to clear selected items in the internal Clipboard Manager. This eventually will …