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@@ -1,12 +1,46 @@ -# Ayatana System Indicator — Session +# Ayatana System Indicator — Session [](https://travis-ci.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-indicator-session) + +## About Ayatana Indicators + +The Ayatana Indicators project is the continuation of Application +Indicators and System Indicators, two technologies developed by Canonical +Ltd. for the Unity7 desktop. + +Application Indicators are a GTK implementation of the StatusNotifierItem +Specification (SNI) that was originally submitted to freedesktop.org by +KDE. + +System Indicators are an extensions to the Application Indicators idea. +System Indicators allow for far more widgets to be displayed in the +indicator's menu. + +The Ayatana Indicators project is the new upstream for application +indicators, system indicators and associated projects with a focus on +making Ayatana Indicators a desktop agnostic technology. + +On GNU/Linux, Ayatana Indicators are currently available for desktop +envinronments like MATE (used by default in [Ubuntu +MATE](https://ubuntu-mate.com)), XFCE (used by default in +[Xubuntu](https://bluesabre.org/2021/02/25/xubuntu-21-04-progress-update/), +LXDE, and the Budgie Desktop. + +The Lomiri Operating Environment (UI of the Ubuntu Touch OS, formerly +known as Unity8) uses Ayatana Indicators for rendering its notification +area and the [UBports](https://ubports.com) project is a core contributor +to the Ayatana Indicators project. + +For further info, please visit: +https://ayatana-indicators.org + + +## The Session Ayatana System Indicator The -session Ayatana System Indicator is the session menu indicator for Unity7, MATE and Lomiri (optionally for others, e.g. XFCE, LXDE). Its behavior and features are listed at https://wiki.ayatana-indicators.org/AyatanaIndicatorSession -For instructions on building and running built-in tests, see the INSTALL file. - +For instructions on building and running built-in tests, see the INSTALL.md file. ## Notes for Client Renderers |