Re: Newbie to BB

2001-08-16 Thread Nick Jennings
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 11:12:58AM -0400, Jan Schaumann wrote: > > Here, take a look at my desktop: > http://www.netmeister.org/screenshots/bb_next.png Sir Mix Alot? I thought you all had been exterminated long ago. -- Nick Jennings

Re: Newbie to BB

2001-08-16 Thread Jan Schaumann
Gino Peregrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use bbweather some, but an > earlier version, again because I haven't taken the time to figure some > difficulties I had installing recent versions. Pleae let me know what kind of difficulties, and I will try to help you/fix the problem. > Now, for m

Re: Newbie to BB

2001-08-16 Thread Jan Schaumann
First of all: Dude, thow us some freaking paragraphs here! One huge BLOCK of text is really hard to read, streneous. Anywhere else but this ML I would have immediately deleted it. :) Then, another important thing to keep in mind is that you do not NEED any of the btools, any of the apps. Nob

Re: Newbie to BB

2001-08-16 Thread Laszlo Gerencser
Gino Peregrini wrote: > Now, for my own naive question: Would someone explain the "slit" to > me? I see references on the list and in docs but haven't figured it > out yet. Slit is a docking place for dockable applications. The easiest way of learning is trying: # nohup bbrun & # nohup bbpager -w

Re: Newbie to BB

2001-08-16 Thread Laszlo Gerencser
Agnostos wrote: > I started with the basics and installed Blackbox only. Then I got > into all the bbtools. Why? You think you really need them? > So why would I need bbtime and bbdate? You don't need them. > I installed bbsload, but then I saw gkrellm. So do I need bbsload, I mean > what do

Re: Newbie to BB

2001-08-16 Thread Gino Peregrini
I doubt I can enlighten you, but I will share my experience with BB. First, I want to say that this list is lively and helpful. I've been using Blackbox for a couple of months, I think. I like minimalism but also tend to fall for cool apps that do stuff. Right now, I'm not using bbkeys or bbtool

Newbie to BB

2001-08-16 Thread Agnostos
Ok I'm new to Blackbox so please bear with me if some of these questions seem trivial. Been doing a ton of reading and it just seems to get more and more confusing :) I keep finding more and more apps that lead one into the other and I'm left wondering if I really need some of them. I find myse