{"id":319,"date":"2009-04-15T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T07:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jerome.harckmans.be\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2009-04-15T18:41:48","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T16:41:48","slug":"fluxbox","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jerome.harckmans.be\/?page_id=319","title":{"rendered":"Fluxbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fluxbox<\/h3>\n

Fluxbox<\/a> is a lightweight \tbut very powerful X Window Manager. It’s not as higly configurable as FVWM, but much much easier. \tWhere the default config for FVWM shows an ugly desktop (think to the Solaris CDE), \tfluxbox has a nice look by default. And after some navigation through the configuration menu, \tyou are in front of a real eye-candy desktop!!!<\/p>\n

Now let speak about the nicest aspect: to install it in Gentoo, you only have to do \tone thing after emerging X11-xorg:<\/p>\n

emerge fluxbox<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is only one package to emerge, and after some minutes, it’s done. However, \tif you intend to define some personal desktop background, you will need to emerge \teterm as well (it’s a terminal emulator, but featuring a background setup tool – bsetroot).<\/p>\n

You can find a complete installation guide for Gentoo \there<\/a>.<\/p>\n

tips and tricks<\/h3>\n

Some tips and tricks to make Fluxbox look great without a lot of effort.<\/p>\n

pager<\/h4>\n

\"fbpager\"<\/a>As fluxbox is very light, there is no pager integrated (like in gnome or KDE for example). You have \t\tto download a little tool for it. The most appropriate for fluxbox is probably \t\tfbpager<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can configure it as you like, with transparency, vertically or horizontally, and with as many \t\tdesktops as you like. Its configuration file is named fbpager and has to be placed \t\tin your ~\/.fluxbox<\/code> directory. You can find mine here<\/a> (opens in a new window).<\/p>\n

wallpaper<\/h4>\n

Fluxbox is shipped with fbsetbg<\/code>, a tool to define wallpapers. However, to use \t\tit, you will need bsetroot too, featured by Eterm.<\/p>\n

Once it’s installed, you can set your favourite wallpaper doing:<\/p>\n

fbsetbg -f \/path_to_wallpaper<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To have your wallpaper set each time you log in, simply put this line ended by a “&<\/code>” \t\tin your ~\/.fluxbox\/startup<\/code> file, before the “exec \/usr\/bin\/fluxbox<\/code>” command. \t\tDon’t forget the “&<\/code>“, or fluxbox won’t start!<\/p>\n

system monitor<\/h4>\n

Several system monitor are available out there. Those I prefer are \t\ttorsmo<\/a> and \t\tgkrellm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"torsmo\"<\/a>Torsmo<\/strong> need a configuration file, .torsmorc<\/code>, to be placed in you home dir. This file \t\tsets the position and the data to be displayed. You can find mine here<\/a> (opens in new window).<\/p>\n

Once again, you can start it automatically by placing “torsmo &<\/code>” in your ~\/.fluxbox\/startup<\/code> file.<\/p>\n

“GKrellM<\/strong> is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes \t\tto match its appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or any other theme.”<\/p>\n

There is nothing more to say… So let’s juste have a look at it:\"gkrellm\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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