I’ve been working on a small Linux project called ozhium-ollium, a lightweight OSD daemon written in C using GTK4.
GitHub:
https://github.com/Nithin-3/ozhium-ollium
It shows overlay popups for:
volume
brightness
battery
network changes
The project focuses on:
lightweight performance
GTK4 overlay rendering
CSS styling
configurable behavior
Do you think this project is worth continuing and improving?
Hi and welcome to our forum
Normally we discourage entries pushing products, but as yours may be of interest to some members at this stage I will leave it on our site, but this is subject to review and modération by others
Can you tell me why this is better, than -for example- Cinnamons OSD items?
(Won’t interfere this one with the built-in solutions in KDE, GNOME, Cinnamon, etc.?)
Can you show some screenshots?
As for brightness control, does it work via i2C towards monitors, like ddc-util, and some extensions like this one?
I think this one is framed more as a request for comment. I think that is OK. … he wants constructive input, not sales or website hits.
Sorry @ninja … we have to review such things.
Your website says it supports Wayland … so not X11 correct?
It is wiitten in C and uses standard libraries… I see no reason why it would not compile in BSD… have you tried?
This daemon is a desktop-agnostic system event controller for Linux that enables users to run fully customizable commands based on real-time system state changes.
now i config to send notification to mobile on batter is low and critical
It uses GTK4… does that rule out qt5 desktops like KDE or LXQT.?
I like the idea that it works in WM’s … it may be a good fit in antiX or some of the other minimal distros.
Yes, the UI part isn’t working well on X11 either. I haven’t tried it on BSD yet—I’ll check it out
OSD means On Screen Display … right?
Not to be confused with Ceph-OSD.
So it is a bit like those ‘plasmoid’ things in KDE that I could never find a use for.?
Think closer to the volume/brightness popups modern desktops show — but customizable, multi-device aware, and scriptable
I wouldn’t classify this as “pushing products”, it’s a single hobbyist developer publishing a linux application with source code… It meets every definition of “FOSS” for me…
I won’t be trying it out though - I don’t run Wayland… Stuck on xorg/x11 for the meantime…
Also - I prefer to use keyboard for things like sound volume…
It’s always difficult to identify the difference between one and another especially if it’s something I know nothing about. So I best guess… but happy others look and decide.
That sounds good IMHO. 
If I understood it correctly, you set the volume -for example- the way you used to, no matter if keyboard or mouse, this something just gives a visual feedback of the change.
exactly… daemon monitor the changes, and execute the visuals
you can config the execution
For example -
and also you can turn off native ui execution
wayland, x11,etc.. is not problem for daemon
It is the second time I see this kind of post about Open Source Project
Why not create a new section/category about this?
Such as “OSP” Open Source Projects
For your consideration @sourav … thanks for your understanding
Still I have one question this project is worth for continue?
The Application category completely fits here, IMHO. Please avoid creating too many categories for almost everything.
Both of us are correct …
but because it is the second post announcing an app through GitHub (in the future would be through GitLab) I thought is better create a dedicated category.
Anyway any software is practically an application
So no (real) need for an additional category. We dont need one for cat-videos either… 
Honestly I don’t know how it would improve my own daily usage. Anyway I find it interesting.
As for scripting, I used ifup.d ifdown.d and ifpreup.d directories to run some action for network state change, especially when VPN gets connected/disconnected…
I never needed to run something on sound volume change, but in the past it would have been interesting to catch events like a sound device (BT connected of course ) appeared.
Is your stuff scriptable to do something when a new sound card is plugged or connected via Bluetooth?
As I see your effort may seem underrated at the moment, as it provides a functionality for which most DE’s already have something to offer.
I think your best hope is that a lightweight DE’s developers discover your creation, and the include/integrate it into their work.
Still I have one question this project is worth for continue?
Consider to create a video and upload in YouTube to show in real action what it does. Trust me, if a Figure is better than words, a video is better than a Figure. Share/embed the video in your GitHub project.
There are many developers first searching the following when they arrive to a new repository at GitHub:
Keep doing your work, never stop due the opinions of others
I think your best hope is that a lightweight DE’s developers discover your creation, and the include/integrate it into their work.
Furthermore use other networks to announce your work. Start with LinkedIn, there are many groups available there. What about X? (ex Twitter). And finally the official forums for many distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Mint etc …
Worst business is do not nothing
Imagine if Linus Torvalds when was 21 years old decided to stop his OS by any reason …
