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# theShell

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theShell is a desktop environment written using the Qt toolkit.

## Installation

You can install stable version: theshellAUR.

theShell has a super unstable untested version called "blueprint" which can be installed with theshell-blueprintAUR.

## Starting

Use ts-startsession in an X session to start theShell. Or use a display manager and use "theShell" as the session.

## Troubleshooting

### Pressing the "Adjust Screen Resolution" nothing happens...

Make sure KScreen and the KDE CLI tools are installed.[1]

For more questions, see theshell issues.

## Use a different window manager

In theShell settings, under the "Danger" category, enter the command to start the window manager in "Window Manager Command".

## Tips and tricks

### Stable version installed with "blueprint" version

theShell and theShell Blueprint can be installed together. Just rename the binary and initialization script (a good name is theshell-b and init-theshell-b,) put them in your binaries folder, rename the .desktop file, change it to start the new initialization script and put it in your xsessions folder.

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