Interesting name—Nuvola [1] was a colorful glossy icon pack for Linux desktops, from the days when colorful glossy icons were trendy (see also Crystal [2]).<p>To be honest, these icons were one of the main reasons I was so interested in running Linux on the desktop—they looked so modern and fresh compared to Windows 2000's relatively dull icons (which I have also come to appreciate).<p>These days I don't really get a chance to see desktop icons, since I'm on i3wm. But seeing those colorful glossy icons brings me back to the sense of magic I felt every time I'd boot up Knoppix from a live CD.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvola" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvola</a><p>[2] <a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Crystal_Project" rel="nofollow">https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Crystal_Projec...</a>
Another similar project is MellowPlayer [0] which has pretty much the same featureset, but written in Qt/C++ instead of Vala.<p>[0] <a href="https://colinduquesnoy.gitlab.io/MellowPlayer/" rel="nofollow">https://colinduquesnoy.gitlab.io/MellowPlayer/</a>
I recoiled when I tried to install the Spotify app for Nuvola on Arch and it said it needed Flash player.<p>Quickly uninstalled after that, but still have a nasty taste after coming this close to having installed that.
I once planned to get a lightweight media player with a nice retro feel running on my RPi 2. Since it still possible to compile gtk 1.x on a somewhat recent system, I downloaded it source code and compiled it.<p>Worked beautifully.<p>Sure, it is not safe to have such outdated software running on your system, but having a lightweight Winamp-classic themed mp3 player pays off. Maybe I should run it on firejail, just for increased safety.