mysticpain Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 So, who here has used Fluxbox? Where can I get good instructions for it. And does anyone have good stories related to it?? Thanx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I have used Fluxbox on my laptop for almost a year now. What sort of information are you looking for? It's pretty easy to set up, and it's on your disks (urpmi fluxbox). Let me know what you want to know and I'll give you a hand. Also, I moved this to Software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticpain Posted June 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Bassically everything. I installed it and it is in my applications menu and when I start it I get a small box. What type of coding needs to be entered or where can I find the instructions on how to use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 In you Applications Menu? That part I don't understand. You mean when you are logging in? Basically, it's another WM (Window Manager). Similar, but not as heavy as the 2 main DE's (Desktop Environments): KDE and Gnome. When you Right Click anywhere, you should get your menu. This will be the same basic menu you have in KDE, except it now has a "Fluxbox" menu as well. This is where you can do all of your Theme changing, settings, exit Flux, etc. Anything you want to do in any other Desktop, you can do in Fluxbox; with the notable exception of putting icons on the desktop. You can do that, but you need other software to do it. The way I control Fluxbox (what programs are started, etc) is in my ~/.xinitrc file. This file is one you need if you start your GUI environment with the 'startx' command. This is the way I do it and have done for quite some time. The only thing you absolutely need in this file is the command to start the WM/DE: ex: exec fluxbox You can put anything else in there you want to start, one per line followed by a space and an '&' sign. The last line should be to tell your WM/DE to start and it won't have the '&' sign on it. That's basically how you configure Fluxbox. There are more advanced things you can do such as creating your own menu, etc. but that's way more advanced than you probably want to be when you're just starting out. Another great resource for you is the documentation at the fluxbox site: http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 A good place also is fluxmod where you will find related stuff of fluxbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priest Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Anything you want to do in any other Desktop, you can do in Fluxbox; with the notable exception of putting icons on the desktop. You can do that, but you need other software to do it. This is the one thing I don't like about fluxbox. I have not used Flux in a long time but I am going to install it when I get home. I have 2 questions. How do I change the task bar so it shows all open windows like KDE or gnome instead of the one that is active? (I might do this by default now, it has been a while for me) How do I create Icons for the desktop? It does not matter if creating them is difficult or time consuming, since I only need to create 4 or 5 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Priest: I don't use flux anymore, but if I'm not wrong you can right click on the taskbar and have the option of having all open application window on the taskbar.(not sure if I understood what you meant) In order to get icons on desktop you can install "idesk" a third party application that will do this job. Here you can see "idesk". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 idesk is good, but I could never get it to work right. fbdesk is another option for icons: http://liquidzoo.no-ip.com/screenshots/flux04.jpg Fairly easy to set up. I didn't like it, though and ended up going with gdesklets starterbar; although I am probably going to get rid of that in favor of something else in the near future. Also, you can see in that screenshot that the "taskbar" does show all open windows/programs. I believe that one is still the "stable" version of Fluxbox, but I recommend getting version 0.9.9 from cooker or RPMFind. It's got a lot more features than the last "stable" version (0.1.14) and it is solid as a rock for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Ill think about starting a Fluxbox FAQ this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I have fluxbox-0.9.9-2mdk and all is in the toolbar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrake_alf Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 I came here for another reason but when I saw this I just HAD to respond... IMHO Fluxbox is absolute the best WM around... My desktop shows absolutely nothing unless I decide to keep the slit open. Everything seems to reside at my fingertips right below the desktop image. You definately must explore the tabs option... I can't live without it now.... also I use a window maker application (wmdrawer) to provide ready access to my most common applications... Note however that Kwickshow from KDE will not work and I've inquired at fluxmod and the fluxbox IRC channel on freenode. Seems like everyone has the same problem... As for documentation, I find the man pages just WAY to helpful compared to so many others. I put it in my documentation menu (epiphany -n man:fluxobx) so I don't have to shell out to get to it. You could also do something like Eterm -e 'man fluxbox' but I prefer to read it in a browser. btw... I am still struggling some with FONTS in the style files but what the heck... linux wouldn't be fun if it was dummied down like the other os's.. good luck and feel free to email any questions ... I'll do what I can to make you a full time Flux user.. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrake_alf Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Had an after thought.. (wow..) Saw some other screenshots.. why not toss one up of mine LOL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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