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Neon-GUI on a PC

Installation

NOTE: neon-gui will soon be deprecated; use ovos-shell instead where possible.

The neon-gui package requires some newer packages, so a newer distribution such as KDE Neon or K/Ubuntu 20.04 is recommended.

On supported systems, the installation is equivalent to a development installation of mycroft-core:

git clone https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/neon-gui
cd neon-gui
./dev_setup.sh

For more detail see the Getting Started section of the neon-gui repository.

Running the application

Running the Neon GUI is as simple as launching:

mycroft-gui-app

If neon-core is not already running, all Neon services will be started.

By default the GUI window includes a text entry box to send utterances to Neon.

Neon-GUI application

In the bottom-left corner of the window is a hamburger-style menu. Here you can find hints for using Neon, settings for the Neon-gui application, and licensing information.

Emulating a Mark II

In order to emulate the display of a Mycroft Mark II, or any other device, you can set the dimensions of the screen and hide the text input bar when launching the application.

mycroft-gui-app --width=800 --height=480 --hideTextInput