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Deskmon

Deskmon is a preinstalled background service in AnduinOS that monitors the ~/Desktop directory for changes. Its primary purpose is to automatically mark newly added .desktop files as trusted and executable. This simplifies the common user scenario where one places a shortcut on the desktop but is unsure how to make it runnable.

Features

  • Watches the ~/Desktop folder in real-time.
  • Automatically marks .desktop files as trusted (chmod +x and metadata update).
  • Lightweight C binary using GLib/GIO.
  • Runs as a user-level systemd service.

Disable Deskmon

If you prefer not to use Deskmon, you can disable and remove it manually:

systemctl --user stop deskmon.service
systemctl --user disable deskmon.service
rm -f /usr/local/bin/deskmon

Verify or Build from Source

To verify Deskmon’s integrity or build it yourself from source:

1. Install Dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y libglib2.0-dev pkgconf gcc

2. Build Deskmon

You can download the original source code from here.

wget https://gitlab.aiursoft.cn/anduin/anduinos/-/raw/1.4/src/mods/20-deskmon-mod/deskmon.c -O deskmon.c
gcc -O2 $(pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0 gio-2.0) \
    deskmon.c -o deskmon \
    $(pkg-config --libs glib-2.0 gio-2.0)
sudo mv deskmon /usr/local/bin/deskmon
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/deskmon

The official binary is built with the same command, so you can compare checksums to verify integrity.