typhon is a slim and themeable OpenGL-based frontend / dashboard or program launcher.
It's meant to be easily used on Linux HTPCs, but also of course works on
standard desktops or as netbook-launcher.

project homepage (with release tarballs) is http://www.frostworx.de/?p=1
for themes visit http://www.frostworx.de/?cat=27 feel free to commit your own ones :}

typhon 1.0_rc1 is ancient, better use svn until next version is released

as soon as sfml2 is released I'll start a feature freeze and try to fix all bigger bugs for a new release tarball (probably typhon-2.0) I might drop libmmd before, as a recent sfml commit broke it (can't get useful debug informations). patches welcome of course...

I probably will migrate this project soon to http://code.google.com/p/typhon/

Features:

- emulator frontend primarily targeted at 1920x1080 (i.e. FullHD Media Center/HTPC)

(linux only atm but "ports" shouldn't be too hard)

- wysiwyg - mouse picking (move xyz, resize, block)
for every single item on the fly
- color picking for every single item
- can be completely configured "inside" - including texteditor
- optional soundeffects
- use own ttf font (color,position and size configurable)
- optional background(s),previews,icons, menuicons

(position and size configurable)

- xrossmediabar mode

- native ps3 theme p3t support
- configurable (convert p3t to "normal" typhon theme and adjust it to your needs)

- import (convert to typhon theme) p3ts, custom themes and jpgs via commandline
- export theme as bundled package - optional play video as (part of the) background, fullscreen or as preview
- rotate the whole launcher or only parts from it and save the rotated position
- display several systeminformations in your theme
- stencilpicture support to hide parts of the screen (f.e. round corners for previewpicures)
- support for icons and menuicons - menuicons can be "one at once" or in horizontal/vertical xmb mode
- support for 3 more additional pictures
- optional selectionbar, 2 hideboxes, decobox, menubar (color,position and size configurable)
- tons of other configurable theme details
- settingsbox can be opened from everywhere
- shadersupport for amazing background animations,

optionally using current wallpaper or current preview or own picture as texture

- several icon animation effects
- several wallpaper blending effects
- muuuuch more!