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baba

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From: Washington

Registered: 2009-07-06

Posts: 22

Wanting to setup Openbox

Hi everyone, I just installed arch a couple days ago and loving it! I am now looking to get my hands dirty in openbox.  I was wondering if anyone could post some links to guides that are very detailed on how to get an openbox enviroment up and running with setting up menus, conky, icon etc.  Thanks!:D

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: Wanting to setup Openbox

This thread has some great stuff in it:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74915

And this is a solid resource:
http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/

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barzam

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: Wanting to setup Openbox

I used http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/ a lot, and I second that one. I'd recommend however that you try to edit the config files yourself instead of using those nifty programs to set it up. That way you learn all of it, like you learn Arch when you install it.

baba

Member

From: Washington

Registered: 2009-07-06

Posts: 22

Re: Wanting to setup Openbox

I used http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/ a lot, and I second that one. I'd recommend however that you try to edit the config files yourself instead of using those nifty programs to set it up. That way you learn all of it, like you learn Arch when you install it.

Thanks for the links guys, looks great!  I would like to get to learn how to use the config files well, is there any good guides out there on this?

barzam

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: Wanting to setup Openbox

ArchWiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox
Openbox. http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Contents