Death by Lambda<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@fancysandwiches" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fancysandwiches</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@glyph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>glyph</span></a></span> <br>Have you tried Debian? </p><p>:D</p><p>I recently downgraded my desktop to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbox</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cinnamon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinnamon</span></a>. I say downgrade, because I now use consistently 50% CPU and RAM, certain things don't work.</p><p>Libreoffice won't paste tables from one document to a new one.<br>The floorp logo, in the taskbar/window shows up as Firefox (which it is, but it has its own logo and cinnamon used it.<br>Signal-desktop won't start. Wants some Bullshit package that doesn't exist..</p>
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Day 26 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD 
FreeBSD + Openbox = 
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@justine@snac.smithies.me.uk #openbox has always been my first choice when I just want a WM instead of DE. And #labwc really makes me feel at home
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@stefano My last Linux workstation was a dual monitor setup. Ran #Debian with #Openbox for a lean, minimal configuration. Web browser and multiple xterms open on one screen with apps or email with more xterms open on the other. I still used the virtual desktops too.
If the opportunity exists for a multi-monitor setup in your *nix-based OS of choice, take it! 
So still on my #OpenBSD adventure and although I missed images in the terminal be it
sixel in xterm or the kitty protocol in kitty, I've decided to stick with good old #Xterm . Also on my #FreeBSD daily driver I'm used to such luxuries as icons in the terminal like font awesome or nerd fonts but even though I could have used alacritty or kitty to achieve this I have decided to for go them. After all what do they do other make it look pretty ? I don't get any other functionality from them and they can easily be replaced with text. You might have noticed too that although I'm a #Wayland chic on my #ThinkPad I've decided to be all nostalgic and stick with Xorg on OpenBSD. I haven't yet settled on a window manager be it tiling or stacking but #HerbstluftWM and #Openbox are in my sights although I'm still using the default #Fvwm right now. I have my Qutebrowser setup and aerc for my email. Printing via cups and xsane for scanning. Looking into nsxiv for an image viewer as the OpenBSD port of imv is well out of date. Yes I'm having to make small changes but once I'm finished this wee Dell Optiplex 3080 tower will be perfect for daily driving OpenBSD and I'm looking forward to learning lots more. #RunBSDDay 16 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD
I'm happy with how my Openbox config is coming together! This time around I'm not using any kind of panel/taskbar and have set windows to open maximized by default:
https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/openbox?ref_type=heads
Next up: further configure `.xinitrc` to run some helper applications at `startx`.
Onward!
GitLab.config/openbox · master · Daniel Wayne Armstrong / dotfiles · GitLabConfiguration files in $HOME
Been tinkering around with my #OpenBSD Dell Optiplex 3080 rig learning how OpenBSD differs from say FreeBSD. I've also got X running with the default #FVWM but I cannot decide if I want to install #HerbstluftWM or #OpenBox ? Yes I know the first is a tiling window manager but I know I can setup OpenBox to tile too with a few scripts. I think I'll have to research a tad more and decide later. For now FVWM it is and yes I'm actually liking OpenBSD if I'm honest. #RunBSD #Nostalgia
Day 13 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD
Going for a more uniform look for my Openbox setup using `Adwaita-Dark` for GTK and QT applications. For Openbox itself I'm using the `Nordic Dark` theme slightly modified (setting backgrounds on menus and titlebars to solid black):
GitHubGitHub - hsully03/Nordic-Openbox: An Openbox theme following the Nord color scheme.An Openbox theme following the Nord color scheme. Contribute to hsully03/Nordic-Openbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
Day 12 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD
Continuing to tweak my Openbox setup. I've fallen down the `xlock -mode _modename_` rabbit hole.
This is interesting: when - instead of `startx` - you run `exec startx`, if you try to bypass the screen locker by CTRL-ALT-Fnum to a console and kill the X session it knocks you back out to login. Same deal when you exit the X session normally. Nice and simple and exactly the behaviour I was looking for!
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Day 11 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD
Hello Openbox! Its been awhile.
I'm re-acquainting myself with the Openbox window manager on my new FreeBSD laptop. I was a happy user for a few years before moving to Linux Mint Debian and Cinnamon desktop.
Currently rethinking my config with help from this excellent HOWTO courtesy of @vermaden ...
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/freebsd-desktop-part-12-configuration-openbox/
𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗 · FreeBSD Desktop – Part 12 – Configuration – OpenboxTime to cut the bullshit and actually make some real configuration. In today’s article of the FreeBSD Desktop series I will describe how to configure the Openbox window manager. You may want …
Decided that using xorg on my dell optiplex 3080 tower under #FreeBSD isn't for me although it bought back memories. I have seen how certain software has already become stale by which I mean no updates or bug fixes in a good 4-5 years. So I've switched back to #Wayland which I still use on my #ThinkPAD . But my experience of using twm and xterm have made me go explore #Labwc again with my favourite Wayland terminal Foot. It's a lovely minimal stacking window manager which can be themed using #OpenBox themes. I have gruvbox dark installed which I quite like. As to what bar I'm going to use ? I'm not sure maybe waybar or sfwbar or even something else ? #RunBSD
https://github.com/labwc/labwc
https://github.com/labwc/labwc