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fredre

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Registered: 2009-12-18

Posts: 45

setting up openbox & pcmanfm without a DE, want advice

I'm trying to set up openbox and pcmanfm so I can remove xfce4 which I am currently using. Does anyone have advice on how I should go about this? Some specific questions I have right now are:
-whats a good choice for panels? (I'm leaning towards tint2 right now)
-what other applications might I need?
-how should I start pcmanfm, tint2, etc., do I start them in ~/.xinintrc, with the openbox autostart script, or what?
any advice is appreciated!

Last edited by fredre (2010-02-05 01:04:36)

Acecero

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Registered: 2008-06-21

Posts: 1,373

Re: setting up openbox & pcmanfm without a DE, want advice

It's recommend you start up applications in the autostart script if you only plan to use openbox.

Tint2 is my choice for panel, of course you are free to choose what you like best.

Any other applications you might want are available for checking in the wiki

Here is sample of my autostart.sh if you want some ideas:

# This shell script is run before Openbox launches.
# Environment variables set here are passed to the Openbox session.

# Run the system-wide support stuff
. $GLOBALAUTOSTART

# Programs to launch at startup
setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp &
nitrogen --restore &
#xbindkeys &
thunar --daemon &

# Programs that will run after Openbox has started
(sleep 2 && tint2) &
#(sleep 3 && conky) &

Last edited by Acecero (2010-02-05 01:03:34)

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: setting up openbox & pcmanfm without a DE, want advice

You can use pypanel for the panel.
The file is .pypanelrc: http://pastebin.com/m9859238

Wittfella

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-05-27

Posts: 462

Re: setting up openbox & pcmanfm without a DE, want advice

If you don't want a full panel also check out 'wbar', its a small dock/application launcher for easy access to your most used programs from the desktop.