Posts tagged openbox

CrunchBang Linux Review

Mar14
2012 Written by devnet

I love CrunchBang Linux. In my opinion, it’s one of the best distributions of Linux for older computers (heck, any computer) that is actively developed. I pieced together a Gateway M250 laptop a year or so ago (3 bad ones parted out into 1 good one) and loaded it up with max RAM (2GB). It’s now a handy little 14 inch laptop with [...]

Conky Always on Top Fix in Openbox

Oct07
2011 Written by devnet

I hit a snag recently when installing Openbox on the newest Alpha2 for Unity Linux. I initiated Conky in my autostart.sh and it was always on top…of everything on my desktop. That’s not a good thing when you’re trying to browse the web with your Conky layout on top of your browser. After thinking about some of the setting [...]

TinyMe Linux For The Win

Oct20
2010 Written by devnet

I was running Unity Linux 2010.2 with KDE 4.5 for around the last month. I really like what has been done there but it seemed a bit heavy for my Gateway M250…the CPU fan was always on which told me it was always in high use. I checked out Gnome 2.30 on Unity and found it to be delightful on my resources; however, Gnome doesn’t ma [...]

Installing Openbox on Foresight Linux

May30
2010 Written by devnet

My friend Og Maciel originally introduced me to Openbox a while back and I’ve been using it ever since. I love the lightweight feel, the ability to customize and the center around having NO icons on my desktop. I don’t feel cluttered when I work! Today, we’re going to go over installing Openbox with some added tools. Thi [...]

gmrun and openbox

Jan26
2008 Written by devnet

My friend Og Maciel and I had a short package session today where we updated some openbox items that we use such as Nitrogen for wallpaper, pypanel, and something we didn’t package before…gmrun. Install it with: sudo conary update gmrun I’ve patched the default gmrunrc file so that when it executes, it places itself toward [...]