Thanks to Derek's inspiration and some crucial tips from Todd, I've got my own variant of fluxbox/ROX-filer/ROX-pinboard running. Seems like the way to go (at least today :-) - fast, versatile, completely customizable.
Regardless of your fav flavor of desktop manager, check out ROX. It's quite an impressive program hidden in an apparently very simple interface. On a related note.. I just received the new issue of LinuxFormat in today's mail. Seems they have a comparo of desktop managers: KDE gets the nod in the heavyweight division; WMaker in the middleweight category and IceWM in the lightweight department. I've used them all but still prefer what Derek and Todd have done with their desktops! Thanks guys. Terry Smith Cape Cod USA On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 19:19, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Monday 13 Jan 2003 11:46 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:22:56 +0000 > > > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday 13 Jan 2003 4:40 am, Todd Slater wrote: > > > > Playing with ROX and Fluxbox on 8.2. I have the pinboard working OK so > > > > I can have desktop icons (not that I use them). So I spent time today > > > > looking for icons and just generally customising the look and feel. > > > > (See > > > > http://clevername.homeip.net/gallery/screenshots/2003_01_12_23_26_50?fu > > > >ll=1 if you're curious.) > > > > > > > > Problem is, I've invested so much time and effort in getting > > > > everything just the way I want it, I'm having a hard time convincing > > > > myself I should move to 9.0 or 9.1! > > > > > > > > As has often been repeated on this list, choice is good. > > > > > > > > Todd > > > > > > Looks nice Todd :) > > > > > > Rox is quite civilised and keeps all your icon substititions in your > > > ~/Choices folder, so after an upgrade so long as the icon names are > > > still valid paths, you should preserve your apperance. I use the kde3 > > > icon set with my Rox. ( http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/fluxbox.png ) > > > The better fonts in 9.0 with gtk2 and Rox 1.3 are quite nice to have. > > > > > > derek > > > > Derek, those fonts look great. What theme are you using for Fluxbox--it's > > nice and clean. Thanks, > > > > Todd > > With Rox 1.3 you can specify the default font in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file > Those fonts are just Microsofts Tahoma medium 11 > > The fluxbox theme is qnx-photon . Just one of the standard themes. > > What makes the fonts look so good is the Xft2 upgrade from Texstar. It is a > combination of Xft-2, fontconfig, (and for KDE) QT3 RPMS > > I'm afraid it will not help you with Rox 1.2 because it does not use gtk2 > > Hopefully 9.1 will have good looking fonts by default (at last :) > > derek > > -- > ---------------------------------- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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