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neuron Advocate
Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:45 pm Post subject: openbox3 |
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so, anyone tried it?
http://icculus.org/openbox/
/me noticed there wern't any threads on it at all yet, and got a guy that says it's awsome (said it's "awsome" in a xfce4 thread, so I'm kinda eager to get some diffrent views on it ).
note that it's not based on *box, it's written from scratch. |
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tseng Retired Dev
Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 33 Location: York, Pa.
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geekX Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 86 Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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I used alpha-1 on my previous (slow) pc and I must say - it was very fast, looks beautifull (and already seemed stable).
I just finished installing gentoo on my new pc. Will use it again - only the cvs version wouldn't compile (some file missing). Downloaded Alpha-4, but got a corrupt archive... redownloading. Gotta get it to work - It's just so cool! :0
By the way - how do I emerge a hardmasked package? where is this packages.mask file?
I'm trying to install the latest version of some other app (anjuta) and even with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" it won't pick it up.... _________________ Sometimes I feel like Superman.
Sometimes I'm just recuperating. |
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geekX Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 86 Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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oops. found the file: /etc/portage/profiles/package.mask
should read docs and updatedb more often
I just commented the openbox line, now I can emerge it. _________________ Sometimes I feel like Superman.
Sometimes I'm just recuperating. |
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floam Veteran
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 1067 Location: Vancouver, WA USA
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prolific Apprentice
Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 237
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 4:52 am Post subject: |
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I just tried it... but i still like fluxbox much better than openbox3
Heres my flux screenshot in case you want to see it..
link
EDIT: Added url tags around long link. -- pjp |
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Ojuice n00b
Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 10
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 7:17 am Post subject: opengl support defunct? |
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About a month and a half ago openbox-cvs had gl support. The latest cvs and the alpha's seem to lack it so does anybody know if the openbox devs scrapped it or what?
- ojuice _________________ "You got eyes like two piss-holes in a snow bank." |
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Bushmann Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 30 Aug 2002 Posts: 137 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 11:54 am Post subject: |
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@prolific how does this transparency work? seems cool |
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prolific Apprentice
Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 237
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Are you talking about the Eterm transparency or the transparency in the menu? |
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Bushmann Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 30 Aug 2002 Posts: 137 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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^^
everything...
see I don't have any transparency atm and don't know how to get either, is this a special fluxbox feature or can I get this with openbox either?
I know how to get pseudo transparency with xterm, but this is ugly compared to yours, btw. this isn't xterm is it? How did you "theme" it? |
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20053
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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floam wrote: | Create /etc/portage/package.unmask | Just to confirm, this is the correct location? Does it depend on a particular version of portage? |
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prolific Apprentice
Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Posts: 237
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using Eterm as my terminal emu .. Here are the flags to it
Code: | Eterm --buttonbar no --scrollbar no -F edges -O --foreground-color white -g 91X21 -n ETERM --tint 0x6e7a64 --shade 40 |
As for the menu transparency, im not sure if openbox has that feature or not.. |
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ormi Apprentice
Joined: 13 Oct 2002 Posts: 234 Location: lappeen Ranta, Finland
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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I've used ob3 since alpha1. It's my favourite wm at the moment (and will be in the future also). Menu was hard to configure and took a long time.. but it doesn't matter anymore (now there is menu convert script available somewhere, I saw it on the mailing list) |
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[smeagol] Apprentice
Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Posts: 152
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 1:03 am Post subject: |
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what are the differences between openbox and fluxbox?
I am currently using fluxbox and I am a bit curious if there'd be any reason for me to switch. _________________ In God We Trust, All Others We monitor. |
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dmitchell Veteran
Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 1159 Location: Austin, Texas
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 1:28 am Post subject: |
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I've been using openbox for about 10 minutes now...
Anybody know if it's possible to add bullets to the menu ala fluxbox?
Update: As of alpha-5, bullets have been added to the menu.
-- Daniel
Edit: Removed link to screenshot.
Last edited by dmitchell on Sun Nov 02, 2003 4:57 am; edited 3 times in total |
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floam Veteran
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 1067 Location: Vancouver, WA USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 2:03 am Post subject: |
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pjp wrote: | floam wrote: | Create /etc/portage/package.unmask | Just to confirm, this is the correct location? Does it depend on a particular version of portage? | Yes, it is correct. >=2.0.48 should be fine, I'm running 2.0.49-pre17 though.
danmitchell wrote: | I've been using openbox for about 10 minutes now... here's a screenshot.
Anybody know if it's possible to add bullets to the menu ala fluxbox?
-- Daniel | There will be eventually I hear, right now they're working on a new (xml) theme spec and other stuff more than menus it appears. _________________ Think about your breathing.
http://floam.sh.nu |
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seltrus Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Oct 2002 Posts: 102
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 8:27 am Post subject: openbox3-alpha4 with gnome2 |
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I am using openbox3-alpha4 with gnome by running and then saving my session. I haven't used it much, but it is much better than metacity already in my opinion. I hope the devs keep up the good work. Finally a wm based on standards and performance that works well with kde, gnome, or by itself. |
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TenPin Guru
Joined: 26 Aug 2002 Posts: 500 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:56 am Post subject: |
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I am also interested why anyone would choose openbox 3 over fluxbox. Personally I can't live without tabs. |
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hjlane3 Guru
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 377 Location: Wilmington, DE USA
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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I used openbox3 on my laptop all day yesterday, and it was great, I love it. There is only one small problem with me.... Because openbox3 uses opengl for its rendering, it caused a fwe issues with the display on my laptop ("burn" marks) AND it almost killed my videocard in it (geforce ti4200). I tried playing games and they rean SUPER slow. THinking it may only be linux, I booted into windows and my games were still extremely slow. So I turned off the machine for a while (5hours) and now its ok. Sorry openbox3, but I can't use you. _________________ I wish hell would freeze over already.
EDIT: w00t, it has! |
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scriptkiddie l33t
Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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OpenBox 3 alpha4 is must faster and smoother that alpha3...
anyway, the main difference between openbox and fluxbox is..... Tabs!
Those wonderful little things that allow you to sort through all of your programs instead of having them all minimized |
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floam Veteran
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 1067 Location: Vancouver, WA USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 1:19 am Post subject: |
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hjlane3 wrote: | I used openbox3 on my laptop all day yesterday, and it was great, I love it. There is only one small problem with me.... Because openbox3 uses opengl for its rendering, it caused a fwe issues with the display on my laptop ("burn" marks) AND it almost killed my videocard in it (geforce ti4200). I tried playing games and they rean SUPER slow. THinking it may only be linux, I booted into windows and my games were still extremely slow. So I turned off the machine for a while (5hours) and now its ok. Sorry openbox3, but I can't use you. | Openbox 3 does not use OpenGL for its rendering. They were planning on it, but gave up. _________________ Think about your breathing.
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scriptkiddie l33t
Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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evil developers... I tried playing ET in openbox and it ran like crap also.. switched to Fluxbox.. Works great.
OpenBox = not for gamers |
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floam Veteran
Joined: 27 Oct 2002 Posts: 1067 Location: Vancouver, WA USA
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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oubipaws: Can you try using the cvs ebuild I posted above, maybe it's been fixed in cvs. I am not having any problems with gaming here. _________________ Think about your breathing.
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scriptkiddie l33t
Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Posts: 955
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, when I get home tonight, I'll try it out tonight and I'll let you know |
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aLEczapKA Apprentice
Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 192
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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prolific wrote: | I just tried it... but i still like fluxbox much better than openbox3
Heres my flux screenshot in case you want to see it..
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I think this is Fluxbox dev release (latest is 0.9.4) cause v0.1.14 doesn't suport transparent menus. So the menu title seems to be wrong, am I right? _________________ while true; do eject /dev/cdrom; eject -t /dev/cdrom; done |
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