OpenBox Way better then KDE4.... Better then KDE3 :) [COMPLETED]

Question

Well I was vary upset about the move to KDE4.1. I was a big fan of KDE3.5.9. I even started a "Mad" thread about it (that I regret doing). However, OpenBox has all the things I liked about KDE3.5.9 and more
Stability is the main thing for me. I don't wan't to see any bugs at all and this is one of the views of the OpenBox team as well. I also like to control every aspect of my box and OpenBox is all about this too. Simpel and Light are the two other things that are a must for me and OpenBox is just that.
Anyway, What are some cool things you could suggest I do to it/ install ? I first -Rnsc KDE then -S gnome to give it a base to run on but I boot into OpenBox not Gnome/OpenBox.
Last edited by hunterthomson (2008-08-03 21:37:52)

Answer 1

hunterthomson wrote:
Ya, I know I didn't need to intsll gnome, dosn't really keep with the minimalistic wants, but I was haveing problems with with my sys after uninstaling KDE i.e. startx and OpenBox would not start... The EZist way out was just to install Gnome. Gnome comes is handy though. It handels my wallpaper and the way butons/ scrollbars look(theme Areo with Buuf-Deuce-Icons). I wish I could upload screen shots to archlinux-foums. So far I have tlida and screenlets (system mon) both with a cut of my wallpaper so they look trasparent. Pypanel, but I don't use it anymore now I just use stalonetray and the keybinding to select minimized widows/ desktops. Thunar as thunar --daemon in my all setup autostart.sh. OBmenu and set up my menu. Obconf and set up stalonetray and have Manum_openbox as my theme. All, Is looking really kool.  Owe, Also I have Vieanna3 as my curser.
Using OpenBox as a DE seems like the way to go. I love the menu by just clicking on the desktop. I wanted to use it when I first swiched to Arch but I wanted to learn one new thing at a time.
Thankyou for the link that has a lot of good stuff
So many things in this post are
But that's ok. You're new. Welcome to minimalism.
First off, you're saying you're using the gnome suite because "It handels my wallpaper and the way butons/ scrollbars look(theme Areo with Buuf-Deuce-Icons)." Both of these aspects can be controlled WITHOUT gnome. In gnome, Nautilus handles what wallpaper is set. Nautilus is a filemanager which also can control automounting of volumes and such. The reason I bring this up is because you're saying you ALSO run Thunar as a daemon. Why? If it is in order to automount volumes, you already have a program capable of doing this running.
But in general, using Nautilus (or Thunar if you stick with that (which I recommend)) to display the background will, if not configured correctly, disable the right click on the desktop. This is why it's usually a good idea to get a program that will only set your background and nothing more. The programs suggested by jealma are all viable, as is nitrogen, suggested by xd-0.
Second, gnome uses gtk2 to display the scrollbars, buttons, etc. known as widgets. You don't need gnome to use gtk2. Just install gtk2, then set your theme manually via your .gtk2-rc file, or via a program such as lxappearance (as suggested by xd-0. lxappearance will also allow you to set your icon theme.
"Using OpenBox as a DE seems like the way to go." Careful who you say this around. Most OB zealots will throw a fit. I shuddered after reading it. See jealma's post.
"I wish I could upload screen shots to archlinux-foums." You can. Get the program "scrot" and learn how to use it (`man scrot` or just google search it). Then go to a free image hosting site, such as tinypic, imageshack, xs.to, photobucket, etc. and upload it there. Then paste the link here.
That all being said, welcome to the minimalistic world of Openbox.