Crunchbang/Fluxbox (Page 1 of 7)

Never tried Fluxbox but i like the look of it, pretty close to Openbox right?
will check this thread for some more info and screens

What about the now existing Linux Mint Fluxbox?

@Fritte - It is very similar to Openbox.  I think it is a little easier to understand but that may just be because I have worked more with it.

It is indeed very nice.  I have it installed on my other computer which is currently several hundred miles away (I'm hoping it will join me soon but with airline regulations they way they are I had to leave it behind).  I originally tried to use Crunchbang on it but the wireless was quirky and I needed to get it running so I just started throwing distros at it (not literally, well maybe a couple of those useless "buntu" respins) and one of the ones I had with me was the Mint Fluxbox release.  It comes with Tint2 as the default.

If you want to use the Tint2 panel (or any other panel although I haven't had good luck with Adeskbar) with Crunchbang/Fluxbox you can do that easily with these instructions (the pertinent part is quoted below the link):

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p … mp;t=40637

"[In the ~/.fluxbox/init file]... I had to remove systemtray from the list of items in the line session.screen0.toolbar.tools, then set session.screen0.toolbar.visible to false. Now my tint2 systray is working."

After doing that, I think you would just add this to you '.fluxbox/startup' file:

##Start Tint2 Panel  
tint2 &

or 

## Start Xfce4 Panel
xfce4-panel &

or

## Start Lxpanel
lxpanel &

Last edited by ElderV.LaCoste (2011-02-10 17:41:52)

Lol, looks like you beat me to it.  Are you still using Fluxbox?

Well you could move your slit to the upper corner.
I like your wallpaper and conky.
It's good to have other Fluxbox fans here.

Not at the moment, I use Statler with Openbox now. I don't see much difference between Fluxbox and Openbox; can't say I prefer one over the other. I still have my old conf's backed up, so it should be easy to try Fluxbox on Statler too.

Yes, you can.
Edit ~/.fluxbox/init and add something like

session.titlebar.right:  Shade Stick
session.titlebar.left: Close Minimize Maximize

Check Fluxbox wiki.

@rooster, which WM is that? I've been trying to find a WM that'll put the windecorations in other places besides the top for a while now...I thought they didn't exist.

It's Fvwm.

@Elder: Thanks!

that's because it was on the October 2010 thread   It's caused quite a wake on Elder's FLUXBOX thread.  I simply posted it to show window decors on teh left side to nore.  thx for the compliments mang

Awww, go ahead and post it again.  If I wasn't so mentally lazy I would have jumped in and tried to learn some Fvwm by now but Fluxbox is easier lol.  I did ask a goofy question in one of the Fvwm threads but it must have been one of those stupifyingly obvious questions because no one answered it.