Some substitute icons for the paper icon theme gpl3. If you have installed minimal ubuntu or other lightweight distro on your pc, most probably you will also be using some lightweight desktop manager as well. Openbox is a free, stacking window manager for the x window system, licensed under the gnu general public license. If you leave openbox in a key chain state for too long without completing it, openbox will cancel the key chain and restore your normal key bindings. Pipe, or dynamic menus are sections of that menu that openbox creates on the fly, by running a generic script and using its plain text output as menu entries. Jan 31, 2010 4 its a good idea to create a menu item to obconf to change your openbox theme and settings. Crunchbang was designed with speed and functionality in mind.
Jun 27, 2010 crunchbang is a linux distribution based on debian and powered by the lightweight openbox and xfce window managers. Hiya, as i read in this thread the openbox package openbox 3. View attachment i think its beautiful, and unbelievably customizable, users build beautiful desktops out of it. Return to crunchbang with opensuse and openbox tmz lair. Crunchbangplusplus debian based minimal linux distro. Ive been a fan of the openbox window manager and tint2 panel as a linux desktop environment since i began using crunchbang linux and later bunsenlabs. Two weeks ago i found crunchbang linux, a remastered ubuntu with openbox. Dynamic menus on bunsenlabs a comprehensive guide scripts. From here, you need to install the openbox packages like openbox, compton, obmenu, lxappearance. Mar 16, 2011 crunchbang is a lightweight linux distribution based on debian. Openbox is a very old fashioned desktop setup rightclick anywhere, and you have the menu, but not in any one fixed position.
Many bugfixes were applied thanks to the diligence of the community. For resourceconscious linux users, crunchbang linux is the right flavour. Instead of a desktop environment it used a customized implementation of the openbox window manager. Dec, 2019 once upon a time there was crunchbang linux, and then it was no more, and then the community brought it back to life in another form known as bunsenlabs linux. Edit openbox menus in crunchbang linux unlike some of the heavier, fully functional desktop environments typically provided by the top five on distrowatch, openbox used by crunchbang will not always automatically add the names of newly installed programs to the menu used to subsequently invoke them. Yes, i should just save my config files and transfer them to each new machine. Crunchbang linux iswas a spin of debian customized with the openbox wm. Crunchbang linux alternatives and similar software. Instead, the menu in crunchbang 10 can be accessed by rightclicking on any empty desktop or panel space. Crunchbang succeeded more for me in the first install attempt on older, weirder hardware than any other distro i tried including things like puppy linux, damn small linux or even debian with defaults. The window decorations and settings are set by openbox. Debian stable and debian unstable being my other daily drivers. I pieced together a gateway m250 laptop a year or so ago 3 bad ones parted out into 1 good one and loaded it up with max ram 2gb.
Philip newborough has announced the release of crunchbang linux 11, a lightweight debianbased distribution with openbox as the default desktop user interface, suitable for both new and older computers. The classic minimal crunchbang feel, now with debian 10 buster. Hiya, as i read in this thread the openbox package openbox3. Nov 27, 2008 crunchbang is a linux distribution based on ubuntu and powered by openbox. Fully customizable rightclick menu for the openbox window manager. Feb 21, 2009 i use crunchbang as well, and i absolutely love the keyboard shortcuts theyve built into openbox e. Crunchbang linux is a debian based distro with the openbox window manager on top of it. Bunsenlabs linux helium is a distribution offering a lightweight and easily customizable openbox desktop.
Once upon a time there was crunchbang linux, and then it was no more, and then the community brought it back to life in another form known as bunsenlabs linux. Crunchbang linux 10 alpha 2 is based on debian squeeze. Robert washbourne 3 years ago desktop environments, themes. Crunchbang linux is currently available as a livecd. If you need to place the menu at a fixed position, you can use xdotool mousemove x y. Install and configure crunchbang linux on the lenovo t410. Or grin you can wait another day and use the tool ill put online in a day or so. Its meant to be ultra light on resources while still being usable. This guide was created as an overview of the linux operating system, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. Personalizar escritorio gnulinux con openbox emezeta. Sparkylinux is a gnulinux distribution created on the top of debian gnulinux operating system. Openbox is a cross between a completly minimal desktop such as i3wm, and a full blown desktop like gnome or kde. Create a crunchbang linux usb flash drive using windows. Gtk themes, fonts and icons can be set with lxappearance.
The distribution is essentially a minimal ubuntu install with a custom set of installed packages, and it has been designed to offer a balance between speed and functionality. As crunchbang is highly customizable, users tweak it to their liking as much as they can. To launch applications, you can either right click on the desktop, showing the openbox menu, or press altf3 to open dmenu, which is a popular searchable application launcher. Openbox is a lightweight linux stacking desktop environment that is configured with files. Its a minimal debian variant that comes preconfigured with openbox and tint2 as the desktop.
While static menus are built from xml files, pipe menus are written in various scriptingprogramming languages and can be used to provide dynamic menu content like weather, recently accessed files and rss feeds. Both can be configured to extend the functionality of an openbox installation. This distribution offers a lightweight and easily customizable openbox desktop. System requirements the minimum requirements for bunsenlabs is 256mb. Openbox allows a rightclick or any other keybinding root menu on the desktop, and allows users to configure the way windows are managed. Crunchbang linux is a debian gnulinux based barebones distribution with the immense debian repository system available to build on. If you want to spawn that command on startup, follow instructions as explained in openbox documentation. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration.
They configure a very nice openbox and you can see the tools they provide for it and tint2. Wondering what cb alternatives people are using besides vanilla debian wheezy or jessie. I love openbox, but it can be tedious to configure. It is a debianbased gnulinux distro that uses the nimble openbox window manager, with preinstalled apps chosen for minimum load on system resources. I recommend crunchbang linux for anyone out thereregardless of skill levelwho wants a lightweight, complete, and polished distribution of linux with very few hassles. These include, but are not limited to, the crunchbang themes, the openbox menu and especially the pipemenus, which are not easily replicated and several lowlevel configuration files, such as the polkit rules that allowed mounting of internal drives in thunar as a normal user. According to cbs head developer, this distro has ended development, see corenominals announcement of this discontinuance from last month. The distribution has been built from a minimal debian system and customised to offer a good balance of speed and functionality. Crunchbang forums showed an exceptionally fast response rate to problems posted there. Return to crunchbang with opensuse and openbox underground coding. How to recover default openbox config files on crunchbang. Edit openbox menus in crunchbang linux unlike some of the heavier, fully functional desktop environments typically provided by the top five on distrowatch, openbox used by crunchbang will not always automatically add the names of newly installed programs to the menu. Apr 23, 2012 i explain what to install and how to configure to have dynamic menus with icons in openbox on arch linux. It comes with many of the lxde components, with the main difference between the crunchbang openbox desktop and the lxdecore desktop being pcmanfm, lxpanel, lxterminal and lxsession.
Bunsenlabs is a debian gnu linux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. The default and the only installed browser in crunchbang linux is iceweasel. Now just add this to tint2 as a launcher, and you have your openbox applications menu as a launcher for tint2. You can also use the cg control key and g key together, in the default configuration, to cancel any key chain which you are in. The following tutorial covers the process of installing crunchbang linux to a usb flash drive from windows. I setup my openbox menu so that i had quick access to terminator, firefox, thunar, gedit, and vlc via the menu labels terminal, web browser, file manager, text editor, and media player respectively, and access to all other. Linux distro, which featured an awesome gray openbox desktop. May 01, 2017 debian linux openbox window manager tutorial updated. Crunchbang linux minimalist and macfriendly linux for you.
Crunchbang is a linux distribution based on debian and powered by the lightweight openbox and xfce window managers. Small x11 menu intended to be used with openbox and tint2 c gpl2. Using the nimble openbox window manager, it is highly customizable and provides a modern, fullfeatured gnulinux system without sacrificing performance. Crunchbang ubuntu with openbox screenshot with the programs thunar and gnometerminal rtorrent, snownews, mocplayer. A good place to see a very nice otb openbox install is to get a cd from manjaro arch based.
In my opinion, its one of the best distributions of linux for older computers heck, any computer that is actively developed. No easy or obvious way to add the menu, either, or for that matter, any extra icons apart from the default set of four. These include, but are not limited to, the crunchbang themes, the openbox menu and. Using the nimble openbox window manager, it is highly customizable and provides a. Discussion thread for the popular lightweight distro, crunchbang linux. Being based on debian is a point is its favor as it means that standard trouble shooting and standard packages work on the system. If you use kali linux with openbox and want to have the nice tools menu including icons, then you can grab it here. Crunchbang linux is a debian gnu linux based barebones distribution with the immense debian repository system available to build on. As shown in the spreadsheet above, it lives up to that goal. Ive been waiting for an openboxbased distro that just works for years.
Solved no icons in openbox menus arch linux forums. It provides a taskbar, a system tray, a login manager, additional menus or perhaps screensavers and desktop icons. Crunchbang is a linux distribution based on ubuntu and powered by openbox. The theme and configurations i got should probably work fine. Extending openbox with other small programs that add icons, taskbars, launchers, eyecandy. However, new users will find it intimidating because the only screen that greets you when you login is a complete blank screen. Having desktop icons with thunar on arch linux with openbox. It comes in openbox and xfce editions, and a very dark visual theme. Crunchbang linux is a debian gnulinux based barebones distribution with. It is a fast operating system designed especially for lowend machines. Mar 26, 2012 this is usual for the openbox windows manager. Install crunchbang linux to a flash drive in windows pen.
To do list after installing bunsenlabs debian linux os linux diy. The menu itself in crunchbang is not the biggest ive ever seen, but it includes the most common applications. This linux distribution is derived from debian and is designed to an openbox window manager. Here are some screen shots from my openbox environment on my dualboot laptop macbook. The debian menu in the openbox menu will look like this. Crunchbang linux is a debianbased distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. I probably hit the browser icon a dozen times mistakingly, and this is ultraannoying. Change the theme with the obconf openbox configuration manager.
This allows for a large variety of configurations, and more control for. I have it set up as a dualboot failsafe os on a couple old winxp machines, one of which i use daily. To show icons next to menu entries, it will be necessary to ensure they are enabled in the menu section of the. Jun 07, 2012 edit openbox menus in crunchbang linux unlike some of the heavier, fully functional desktop environments typically provided by the top five on distrowatch, openbox used by crunchbang will not always automatically add the names of newly installed programs to the menu used to subsequently invoke them. Return to crunchbang with opensuse and openbox linux rig. Crunchbang is a debian gnulinux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. To show icons next to menu entries, it will be necessary to ensure they are enabled in the section of the. I liked solus so much that i began desiring to add it as one of my daily drivers. So it is debian under the hood with openbox on the surface, says distro supporter larry cafiero. Using the nimble openbox window andor xfce, it is highly customisable and provides a modern, fullfeatured gnu linux system without sacrificing performance.
Madbox is a relatively new ubuntubased openbox distribution. Introduction to the bunsenlabs helium desktop crunchbang linux. The project is a community continuation of crunchbang linux. I reconfigured xfce keyboard shortcuts and even went so far as to install openbox in case the rc. Desktop icons are managed by file manager, openbox provides only windows. Your guide to a comfortable linux desktop with openbox. Giving crunchbangs look to your opensuse openbox installation. To do list after installing bunsenlabs debian linux os. As this search is rather expensive i will not extend obamenu but rather offer you. I have added it to quick references as simple start menu button with tint2. Crunchbang includes applications such as epiphany, the gimp, pidgin, audacity, gwibber or abiword. Solved help setting up slackware with openbox, slim etc. Crunchbang linux a debian based linux distribution featuring the lightweight openbox window manager. Sep 21, 2014 openbox provides a minimalist environment.
But if you are looking for a lightweight, ubuntubased distro using lxde, take a look at ulite. I use crunchbang as well, and i absolutely love the keyboard shortcuts theyve built into openbox e. Bunsenlabs is a debian gnulinux based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance. Download 64bit download 32bit 686 a new lxdm theme thats much more similar to the original slim theme. Its ubuntu based, using openbox, so you get a really minimal desktop with low system resource usage. Apart from the attractive theming, there were a ton of pleasing features. For example, openbox does not put icons on a users desktop. Aug 01, 2009 fully customizable rightclick menu for the openbox window manager. Sparky is fast, lightweight and fully customizable os which offers a few versions for different users and different tasks. Debian linux openbox window manager tutorial updated.
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