On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 09:08:38PM -0500, Brynet wrote: > Hi, > > I know not everyone uses OpenBSD for a desktop OS, 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?
xmonad after spending a lot of time getting ghc 6.10 set up. > * What other utilities do you find useful, any "dockapps" or similar > applets? personal customizations? -xmobar with CPU, battery, and fuzzy clock for statusbar -mutt -git for config syncing -firefox -tmux -irssi -mpd/pms > * Do you try to keep things uniform across other desktops? > * What does your environment look like? anyone willing to post > screenshots or actual workspace photos? I always use the same programs, and the configs are generally the same with machine-specific customizations tracked in my various git branches. Typical screenshot: http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/~jeremy/obsd-screen.png > > 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.
