• From: Ontario, Canada
  • Registered: 2009-06-29
  • Posts: 1,420

Topic: XFCE vs Openbox for turning into an awesome wm machine

I'd like to use awesome with the latest release of statler.
What do you think would be the easiest?
I know openbox comes with a lot of openbox-related configs and what not, which would soon be useless when I use awesome.
I'm not sure how much xfce installs thats just xfce.

Basically, which will leave the least cruft?

Thanks.

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  • From: California, USA
  • Registered: 2008-11-29
  • Posts: 8,647

Re: XFCE vs Openbox for turning into an awesome wm machine

Openbox would have less cruft but neither would really have an (negative) effect on your ability to use awesomewm.

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  • Registered: 2009-05-04
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Re: XFCE vs Openbox for turning into an awesome wm machine

I went from #! openbox to awesome with no problems. There are a few utilities laying around I don't use but they don't bother me. Also nice to Openbox ready to go for a guest account....others are less comfy with Awesome.

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  • From: Ontario, Canada
  • Registered: 2009-06-29
  • Posts: 1,420

Re: XFCE vs Openbox for turning into an awesome wm machine

its just me on my laptop. I know they wouldn't necessarily interfere with awesome, its just those extra utilities, like you said jmbarnes.

I think i'll go with openbox, just in case I get bored of awesome (but honestly, how can i get bored of something so awesome?)

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