Which *box do you prefer?

[RiceMonster]

If you're using a *box, which one are you using?

I'm using Openbox. I like it because it's really "bare bones", so i can run it without a panel. I also like how the two configuration files are XML rather than a custom syntax like Fluxbox.

Mods: Feel free to move this to recurring discussion if necessary.

[cardinals_fan]

I'm an Xfce user, but I've used Openbox extensively and it's awesome. It's not technically a *box, but I consider Pekwm to fit the same mold.

[chucky chuckaluck]

i've used openbox more than anything else and i'm back with it after a long, torrid affair with tiling wm's. really don't see a whole ton of difference between openbox and fluxbox, but i hate most of the themes for fluxbox. i agree that pekwm probably fits in here. didn't know blackbox still existed.

[Mateo]

X-box.

[Canis familiaris]

I have only used Fluxbox in DSL and I was impressed.
But I prefer IceWM.


X-box.
So this poll was about all *box

So I'll vote for GeeXboX (http://geexbox.org/en/index.html)

[walkerk]

Ob ftw :)

[billgoldberg]

Fluxbox.

[urukrama]

Openbox, by far the best of those three. I always return to it.

Pekwm is neat too, and an occasional favourite, but has a number of odd quirks.

[miggols99]

When I need something lightweight, I always turn to Openbox. It's great because it's really easy to configure and looks great :)

[smartboyathome]

I would have to say, of the three choices, I would pick Openbox. I am an E17 user, though, so I don't use Openbox that much. ;)

[jimrz]

fluxbox

[kitili]

openbox, i dont like panels..

[markp1989]

I have only used Fluxbox in DSL and I was impressed.
But I prefer IceWM.


So this poll was about all *box

So I'll vote for GeeXboX (http://geexbox.org/en/index.html)

lol +1

[urukrama]

openbox, i dont like panels..

You know you can turn it off in Fluxbox, right?

[Mateo]

openbox, i dont like panels..

Interesting. How do you navigate between windows?

[RiceMonster]

Interesting. How do you navigate between windows?

I don't use a panel either. I use alt-tab to raise minimized windows and to switch between them. Then there's keyboard shortcuts like ctrl-alt-right to go to the workspace to the right, alt-f1 for workspace 1, alt-f2 for workspace 2, and so on and so fourth.

In short, keyboard shortcuts.

[jviscosi]

Of that list I would pick Fluxbox, but lately I've been spending all my time in PekWM which is like a first cousin with a different last name. The latest git version of PekWM fixed most of the problems I had with it, though some quirks do remain.

[snowpine]

openbox, i dont like panels..

Lately, I've been messing around with crunchbang, which is openbox with panels. :)

I've also used fluxbox a lot, by way of fluxbuntu.

So I can't really vote in the poll.

[Kingsley]

I have a slight interest in Fluxbox.

[vishzilla]

Openbox

[sujoy]

i use either awesome,xmonad or openbox. used fluxbox only for some weeks, didn't like it much. openbox is so much better. :)

[RedSquirrel]

Openbox, I guess. However, since I don't really like XML I think Fluxbox's custom syntax is nicer. :D

While the default themes that are installed with Fluxbox are nothing to write home about, there are some great-looking themes for Fluxbox elsewhere:

http://tenr.de/styles/
http://box-look.org

I used Fluxbox almost exclusively in the past, but I find myself using tiling window managers most often these days (running ratpoison (http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/) right now).

Blackbox is not actively maintained anymore.

[kitili]

Interesting. How do you navigate between windows?
middle click, to change, and right to open.

[init1]

There's also hackedbox, but I don't think many people use that. It was in LNX-BBC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackedbox

[chris4585]

Openbox <3

Openbox is just really simple, but not really simple.

[thisllub]

I don't use a panel either. I use alt-tab to raise minimized windows and to switch between them. Then there's keyboard shortcuts like ctrl-alt-right to go to the workspace to the right, alt-f1 for workspace 1, alt-f2 for workspace 2, and so on and so fourth.

In short, keyboard shortcuts.

Some of my rc.xml.
Just these functions make Openbox superior to Gnome & KDE.

E17 will do most of this but it still crashes a bit too much.



<!-- Shows open applications -->
<keybind key="C-Menu">
<action name="ShowMenu">
<menu>client-list-combined-menu</menu>
</action>
</keybind>

<!-- Moves window to top left and resizes to 1200x1000 (Left monitor)-->
<keybind key="W-w">
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<height>1000</height>
<width>1200</width>
<x>+0</x>
<y>+0</y>
</action>
</keybind>

<!-- Moves window to top right and resizes to 1600x1000 (Right monitor)-->
<keybind key="W-e">
<action name="MoveResizeTo">
<height>1000</height>
<width>1600</width>
<x>-0</x>
<y>+0</y>
</action>
</keybind>
<!-- Maximise toggle Horizontal-->
<keybind key="C-A-h">
<action name="ToggleMaximizeHorz"/>
</keybind>
<!-- Maximise toggle Vertical-->
<keybind key="C-A-v">
<action name="ToggleMaximizeVert"/>
</keybind>

[tel93]

openbox is so much better. :)
not to mention faster, prettier, more stable, easier to use, more custiomisable, etc.

[dje]

not to mention faster, prettier, more stable, easier to use, more custiomisable, etc.

+1 openbox ftw

[snowpine]

I'd never heard of Blackbox before this poll, so I tried it out last night. It's like Openbox without the bloat, LOL! Seriously, though, there is something rather Zen about it, and I imagine one could be quite productive on it. I'm certainly not planning to switch over full time, though.