Netbook interface?

x0rg · 2009-12-29 00:10:33

I've now got a fancy new netbook. Currently it's running Jolicloud, which is based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
It's quite nice and good at impressing friends.
The app starter is really useful, and I was wondering if there isn't any package that provides a neat fullscreen interface for netbooks, without a whole truck load of gnome dependencies.
Does anybody know such apps that make arch netbook-friendlier?

ctarwater · 2009-12-29 00:22:29

check out lxlauncher, it's in the repos. It's part of the whole lxde project, custom built, has few/light dependencies and is basically a clone of the standard launcher that comes with xandros/eeepcs.

anonymous_user · 2009-12-29 00:36:40

Also take a look at ADcomp's ADesk Launcher:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … bookremix/

ctarwater · 2009-12-29 00:38:43

damn, that's nice. I'm constantly amazed at the little apps, tweaks, and general awesomeness that comes out of the #! users.

Mardoct · 2010-01-07 05:28:40

A good utilitarian setup is awesome or openbox with dmenu.

gogi-goji · 2010-01-07 05:34:45

I've always thought that a good combination of a tiling window manager and dmenu makes a great interface for a netbook. You don't waste screen real estate, don't need program launchers, and don't have to use the touchpad (which I hate using).

Dmenu is really one of the greatest programs ever created. It's pure genius.

s1gma · 2010-01-08 12:57:56

Mardoct wrote:

A good utilitarian setup is awesome or openbox with dmenu.

I'd add dwm. It's a really good tilling window manager, light & fast. Combined with dmenu, you have a killer combo.
On a netbook, you don't have screen estate to waste, _plus_ 99% of the time you use it without a mouse. So having a keyboard-oriented WM and launcher really enhance your experience. I recently switched from OpenBox to dwm because I didn't like to resize windows to fit the screen perfectly and to launch a terminal just to type "firefox &".

barzam · 2010-01-08 13:16:28

I use Awesome as my netbook WM. Tiling wms is the way to go with the small screen! I don't really need a menu, so I don't have one.

lustikus · 2010-01-08 14:45:58

Awesome is perfekt for Netbooks:

-Built in command line appstarter like dmenu (incl tab-completion) press mod-r
-make window fullscreen (ideal for small displays): press mod-f
-lightweight and ressource friendly
-works out-of-the-box with a very usable default config (unlike xomand)

another important issue is using a web browser with a small interface like chrome or even uzbl to not waste to much screen space.

muunleit · 2010-01-08 17:32:10

lustikus wrote:

Awesome is perfekt for Netbooks:
-Built in command line appstarter like dmenu (incl tab-completion) press mod-r
-make window fullscreen (ideal for small displays): press mod-f
-lightweight and ressource friendly
-works out-of-the-box with a very usable default config (unlike xomand)

Wmii has the same features and is easier.

lustikus wrote:

-works out-of-the-box with a very usable default config (unlike xomand)

Good config with HowTo for xmonad is here => http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Config_archive/John_Goerzen's_Configuration

lustikus wrote:

another important issue is using a web browser with a small interface like chrome or even uzbl to not waste to much screen space.

Firefox Vimperator Plugin is useable without mouse and has a minimal interface.

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