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**Amir Khan** @amirbkhan@mastodon.social · Jun 20

Amir Khan @amirbkhan@mastodon.social

@eclecticpassions @joel I’m planning to install #antix on an old MacBook as well. Gave a few distros a live version try. Antix for me the clear winnner. #MXlinux #fluxbox was a distant 2nd

**Diego Córdoba** @d1cor@mstdn.io · May 30

May 30

Diego Córdoba @d1cor@mstdn.io

@juliavithoria Muy bueno #Fedora #KDE!

Yo no tengo carpetas en el escritorio xD

Te comparto mi #ViernesDeEscritorio en #ArchLinux, es un #lxqt, salvo el fondo, el resto creo que no lo he cambiado en los últimos 10 años, por eso no comparto nunca, ya aburre.

Creo que tengo otros entornos de escritorio instalados (#xfce4, #fluxbox, #lxde y algún otro) así cuando falla #Qt y se me rompe todo, puedo salir del paso hasta la próxima upgrade... con #Arch siempre vivís al límite

**スパックマンクリス** @chris_spackman@twit.social · May 20

May 20

スパックマンクリス @chris_spackman@twit.social

One excellent advantage of the ultrawide monitor is the #Fluxbox groups / tabs have more space, so I am grouping more windows together. Can focus on one at a time, but also switch easily between them with Super+Left/Right Arrows.

#Linux #gui #WindowManager

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**Dendrobatus Azureus** @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe · May 19 *

May 19 *

Dendrobatus Azureus @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe

I'm still amazed by the power / speed yet paradoxical simplicity of FluxBox

I've seen many Window and Desktop Managers in the past decades.
For as far as I remember; this is the only Window manager FluxBox, which enables multiple monitor background choosing in the login requester screens out of the box, I repeat OUT OF THE BOX

The photograph composed in total darkness, features two IPS LED panels displaying different scenes against a black background. The top screen shows a vibrant sunset with a sky painted in shades of purple, pink, and blue, with a narrow strip of land visible in the center. The bottom screen displays a sepia-toned image of a cloudy sky with a structure, possibly a small building or monument (Sluis in NL language), silhouetted against the sky. The screens are angled and positioned diagonally, creating a dynamic composition. The top screen has a small black rectangle with white text in the center, while the bottom screen shows a more muted color palette with earthy tones.

Ovis2-8B

🌱 Energy used: 0.162 Wh

#FluxBox #WM #DM

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**Dendrobatus Azureus** @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe · May 19 *

May 19 *

Dendrobatus Azureus @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe

@rl_dane @tripplehelix

I run all versions of MX Linux here. Xfce KDE & the amazing FluxBox Desktop Environment.

I can tell you that a tremendous amount of work has been done to make it work smoothly without systemD.

The small errors I get are never ever in the realm of systemD

They're always somewhere else where I can troubleshoot and fix

The image displays a screenshot of a mobile device's web browser, showing a webpage from mxlinux.org/blog. The page lists details about different ISO files for the MX-23.6 operating system, specifically mentioning the Fluxbox window manager and Debian 6.1 kernel. The first entry is for "MX-23.6_fluxbox_x64.iso," which is a 64-bit version with an MD5 sum of "71251143c01b54764da836ce88e02b2" and a SHA256 sum of "44bc78f5498b59a4380e75c9ca8bac3b08469107f7e6942346fd6f9c8a280a54." The second entry is for "MX-23.6_fluxbox_386.iso," a 32-bit version with an MD5 sum of "9b0670ab2e172f466da2f7bb7e5306c6" and a SHA256 sum of "aebdcb6b1859b21982021f69a1ca1e8b65e7628bc5a4165061dbbb7da6f487." Additionally, there is a mention of "mx23.6_rpi.img" and "mx23.6_rpi_respin_arm64.zip," which includes a SHA256 checksum and signature file. The webpage's background is dark, and the text is in white and red, with the red text highlighting the file names and their respective checksums and signatures. The browser's status bar at the top shows the time as 21:53, the battery level at 86%, and the network signal strength.

Ovis2-8B

🌱 Energy used: 1.140 Wh

#MXLinux #Xfce #KDE

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**Dendrobatus Azureus** @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe · May 16

May 16

Dendrobatus Azureus @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe

I've easily & smoothly configured KDE Konnect to work in Fluxbox WM

#FluxBox #KDE #Xorg

**rival** @rival@mastodon.social · May 16 *

May 16 *

rival @rival@mastodon.social

An #MX #Linux nomadic #LiveUSB system with dynamic persistence is everything you need to go around with an updated full #GNU+#Linux #OS in your pocket, ready to work in any machine you found around in your pilgrimage... Really awesome...
https://mxlinux.org/
From the amazing people that brought you #antiX:
https://antixlinux.com/
@mxlinux
#xfce #kde #fluxbox #distros #frugalinstall #floss #gpl #freesoftware #libresoftware #mepis #debian #retro #hardware #nomadic #softwarelibre

mxlinux.orgMX Linux – Midweight Simple Stable Desktop OS

**Radio Azureus** @RadioAzureus@mastodon.social · May 14 *

May 14 *

Radio Azureus @RadioAzureus@mastodon.social

Dug in the manpages to find that middle mouse is key to adding workspaces in fluxbox. I had forgotten that button since I hardly need it in XFce which is my main DE & KDE wich I started reusing after having left a couple of decades

https://fluxbox.org/help/man-fluxbox/

The image displays a webpage titled "USING FLUXBOX," which is a guide for users of Open Source WM Fluxbox window manager. The page is structured with a left sidebar and a main content area. The sidebar includes links to various sections such as "Search," "News," "Features," "Downloads," "Screenshots," and "Help," with "Man Fluxbox" highlighted, indicating the current section. The main content area begins with an introductory paragraph explaining the initial experience of using Fluxbox and its design philosophy. It then delves into specific sections like "Root Window (Main)," "Root Menu and Workspace Menu," and "Toolbar," each with detailed descriptions and bullet points. The "Root Window (Main)" section explains the toolbar's appearance and functionality, while the "Root Menu and Workspace Menu" section describes how to access and use these menus. The "Toolbar" section lists the tools it contains, such as the workspace name, workspace arrows, and iconbar. The right sidebar contains additional links to sections like "Layers," "Sit," "Windows," "Focus Model," "Key Bindings," "Tabs," "Configuration Menu," "Window Menu," "Workspace Menu," "Toolbar Menu," "Style Overlay," "Slist Menu," and "Slist File." The overall design is clean and organized, with a black background and blue text, making it easy to read and navigate.

Ovis2-8B

🌱 Energy used: 0.273 Wh

#FluxBox #WM #DM

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**Dendrobatus Azureus** @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe · May 14 *

May 14 *

Dendrobatus Azureus @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe

Since this command...

`xfce4-screenshooter -S -d 2 --window -s "$HOME/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)_Screenshot2.png"`

...segfaults in fluxbox atm I did not bother with a screenshot, because xfce4-screenshooter rocks way too much to use another one

#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop

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**Dendrobatus Azureus** @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe · May 14 *

May 14 *

Dendrobatus Azureus @Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe

At this moment I'm roughly tuning a very nice FluxBox Desktop in an OpenSource POSIX driven OS.
I'm working on tuning my Desktops Environments in such a way that it doesn't matter whether I run them in Linux or *BSD

That way I'll just fire up the Operating System inject my own configuration for the desktop environment fire up X.org and then start working

FluxBox has been a favorite window / desktop manager of mine a couple of decades ago.

Since it has been written efficient it's blazingly fast
I combine tools that I love from Xfce with FluxBox so that my muscle memory for shortcuts can be used in a super smooth manner

#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop

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**スパックマンクリス** @chris_spackman@twit.social · May 11

May 11

スパックマンクリス @chris_spackman@twit.social

@hadret

Fair enough. #Screenshot attached. #Fluxbox with #emacs split paned and a few grouped windows. (Why don't other WM / DEs have this?)

Need to download and compile at least wmglobe.

Would love to redo the dock apps to be 128 px instead of 64. Of course, back in the day, 64 was almost too big.

Also, got my across-the-top conky reworked to be on the far left.

Now that the important stuff is taken care of, I should prolly do some work.

screenshot of my ultra-widescreen monitor with background from Digital Blasphemy. Conky is on the far left, showing system stats, emacs with a split pane takes up most of the real estate, and at the far right, in the slit, are WMCalClock, WMMatrix, MWMoon, WMSpaceWeather, WMSun, and WMWeather Window Maker dock apps.

The fluxbox bar is at the bottom of the screen.

#WindowMaker #Gentoo #Linux

**スパックマンクリス** @chris_spackman@twit.social · Apr 27

Apr 27

スパックマンクリス @chris_spackman@twit.social

Okay, I admit, I gave up on #QTile and went back to #Fluxbox.

I promise, it is me, not qtile. My work flow just doesn't benefit from tiling, and I spent too much time trying to get it to act like Fluxbox. It isn't Fluxbox.

On the plus side, I learned a bit more python playing around with QTile and now know about rofi - a nice replacement for dmenu_run (which I had been using since forever, I think).

https://github.com/davatorium/rofi

Still loving the 3440x1440 monitor, though. On #Gentoo #Linux, ofc.

Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement - davatorium/rofi

GitHubGitHub - davatorium/rofi: Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacementRofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement - davatorium/rofi

**スパックマンクリス** @chris_spackman@twit.social · Apr 24

Apr 24

スパックマンクリス @chris_spackman@twit.social

got the 3440x1440 monitor set up yesterday. unwisely switched to it at the same time I switched from #Fluxbox to #QTile. Feeling the change stress.

But, got #Conky working; am getting used to the different layouts, and am enjoying the extra real estate. Need to tweak the fonts and some settings a bit, but feeling more okay with it than I was last night.

That said, anyone know how to set the N E S W margins individually? Tried a few ways; all errored out. Top conky = need bigger margin there.

**スパックマンクリス** @chris_spackman@twit.social · Mar 8 *

Mar 8 *

スパックマンクリス @chris_spackman@twit.social

My TTh #AdultESOL class finished Thursday. My SSu class finished today! I have two weekends off and have my TTh nights back (not doing that class again anytime soon - just too much during the regular #k12 school year).

So, of course, the first thing I did this afternoon was have #ChatGPT help me come up with #Mozilla #Firefox userChrome.js to make the keyboard shortcuts more like #emacs.

Also created a script to grab webcam frames for #conky to display (#fluxbox #linux) on the desktop.

**Mike** @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org · Feb 9

Feb 9

Mike @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

Tell you what... #MXLinux #fluxbox is damn gorgeous.

32 bit never looked so good. Huge congrats to the MX team for making something that looks and feels this polished while still being light and minimal.

It's exactly what a simple system should look like IMHO