Brynet <bry...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know not everyone uses OpenBSD for a desktop OS,
I personally run only OpenBSD on all my desktops. I spend no less than
5 hours a day working on them and no I am not a software developer.
I must admit though I enjoy writing a nice AWK or a shell script.
> but I have been for
> nearly 5 years and I'm quite curious about some of your opinions? do you
> embrace minimalism or pure aesthetics? are the two mutually exclusive?
>
> When I started using OpenBSD (..around 3.7) I was frequently switching
> between window managers, tweaking.. but for 2 years now I've been using
> fluxbox and I believe I'm comfortable with it.
>
> * Do you use one of the bundled window managers like
> cwm(1)/twm(1)/fvwm(1) or something else?
I was surprised to see how few cwm users responded to your message so
for the record I use cwm. My wife uses cwm. My children use cwm. We
switched from OpenBox around the time cwm became the part of the base.
We could not be happier.
> * What other utilities do you find useful, any "dockapps" or similar
> applets? personal customizations?
Please see for yourself
$ more .xsession
#!/bin/sh
xidle -program "/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock" -timeout 300 &
xclock -geometry -0+0 &
feh --bg-scale /home/predrag/Desktop/ocean.jpg &
exec cwm
$ more .Xdefaults
XTerm*loginShell: true
XTerm*faceName: Mono
XTerm*faceSize: 11
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: gray
Xft.antialias: true
XClock*analog: false
XClock*strftime: %T %A %e %B
XClock*face: ter-d12n
XClock*interval: 1
XClock*margin: 0
XClock*foreground: gray
XClock*background: black
$ more .cwmrc
# Turn on sticky-group mode
sticky yes
# Any entry here is shown in the application menu
command Opera "opera"
command Rox "rox"
command Ogle "ogle"
command Xfig "xfig"
command Xsane "xsane"
command Xcalc "xcalc"
# Keybindings
bind CM-m "xterm -e nail -A gmail"
bind CM-space "xterm -e nail -A gsu"
# Autogroup definitions
autogroup 2 "xterm,XTerm"
> * Do you try to keep things uniform across other desktops?
Yes, I do synchronize my desktops with unison
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
> * What does your environment look like? anyone willing to post
> screenshots or actual workspace photos?
>
There is nothing really to post. See my .xsession and .Xdefaults. For a
very long time I was using default gray X server with the xclock, the
xconsole, and a pile of xterms. My kids got me spoiled. Now I use eye
candy in a form of a nice wallpaper set by feh.
> I realize none of this may be relevant or even useful, but I figured it
> was worth asking here anyway.
>
> Anyone feel like humouring me? :-)
>
> Thanks.
> -Bryan.
You are welcome:-)
Predrag
