I vote for Arch
The time input will pay off in the long run.
In which case, go Gentoo... at least you can update update Gentoo without breaking it!
(Disclaimer - I used to be a devout Arch user, but got bored of it breaking during updates!)
Anyway... as promised above!
Not quite current pics as the wallpaper is different and conky is different... but hey. Also, the black wallpaper doesn't really show off the transparency of the taskbar or the buttons!
linky
EDIT: here's a better one with a lighter background:
tint2 config - goes in ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc
Code:
#---------------------------------------------
# TINT2 CONFIG FILE
#---------------------------------------------
#---------------------------------------------
# BACKGROUND AND BORDER
#---------------------------------------------
rounded = 7
border_width = 0
background_color = #000000 60
border_color = #ffffff 18
rounded = 5
border_width = 0
background_color = #ffffff 10
border_color = #ffffff 50
rounded = 5
border_width = 0
background_color = #ffffff 0
border_color = #ffffff 70
#---------------------------------------------
# PANEL
#---------------------------------------------
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = bottom center
panel_size = 66% 30
panel_margin = 0 0
panel_padding = 7 0
font_shadow = 0
panel_background_id = 1
wm_menu = 0
#---------------------------------------------
# TASKBAR
#---------------------------------------------
#taskbar_mode = multi_desktop # used to have hulti, but have a phat screen now, so no need :)
taskbar_mode = single_desktop
taskbar_padding = 2 3 2
taskbar_background_id = 0
#---------------------------------------------
# TASKS
#---------------------------------------------
task_icon = 1
task_text = 1
task_width = 140
task_centered = 1
task_padding = 6 3
task_font = sans 9
task_font_color = #ffffff 70
task_active_font_color = #ffffff 85
task_background_id = 3
task_active_background_id = 2
#---------------------------------------------
# SYSTRAYBAR
#---------------------------------------------
systray_padding = 0 4 5
systray_background_id = 0
#---------------------------------------------
# CLOCK
#---------------------------------------------
time1_format = %H:%M
time1_font = sans 9
time2_format = %A %d %B
time2_font = sans 11
clock_font_color = #ffffff 76
clock_padding = 1 0
clock_background_id = 0
#clock_lclick_command = xclock
clock_rclick_command = orage
#---------------------------------------------
# BATTERY
#---------------------------------------------
#don't have one of these...
#battery = 0
#battery_low_status = 10
#battery_low_cmd = notify-send "battery low"
#bat1_font = sans 8
#bat2_font = sans 6
#battery_font_color = #ffffff 76
#battery_padding = 1 0
#battery_background_id = 0
#---------------------------------------------
# MOUSE ACTION ON TASK
#---------------------------------------------
#fairly obvious ;)
mouse_middle = none
mouse_right = close
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify
Err... SNIP... couldn't fit my rc.xml in here (too big), but you can copy the default one from /etc/somewhere to $HOME/.config/openbox and make modifications in there for your key-bindings.
lol!
I've added things like this:
Code:
<context name="Titlebar">
<mousebind button="C-Up" action="Click">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
transset-df -p --inc 0.2
</execute>
</action>
</mousebind>
<mousebind button="C-Down" action="Click">
<action name="Execute">
<execute>
transset-df -p --min 0.2 --dec 0.2
</execute>
</action>
</mousebind>
.... other context (titlebar) related bits
</context>
which allows me to change the transparency of windows with ctrl+scroll (needs xcompmgr and transset-df)
autostart.sh doesn't need my comments, I've just added them to show what things are doing. It's a pretty simple layout though... just make sure to use "&" at the end of each command to background them
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# set a wallpaper...
fbsetbg -c /home/walls/Documents/pictures/Backdrops/pink_light.jpg # I used to use Fluxbox, so I'm used to fbsetbg... cba working out how to use feh or whatever!
# Launch panel
(sleep 2s && tint2) & # wait two seconds for Openbox to load, then start the taskbar
# Launch system tray
(sleep 2s && trayer --expand true --transparent true --alpha 255 --edge bottom --align right --expand true --SetDockType true --widthtype request --margin 130) &
# Launch some other bits
xcompmgr -fF -I-.004 -O-.004 -D2 -cC -t-4 -l-6 -r6 & # transparency stuff
setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp & # enable xorg zapping
kdeinit4 & # need it for amarok
kmix & # volume
conky & # stats
amarokapp & # musique :)
klipper & # kde clipboard app
.conkyrc - needs some extra fonts... listed in the file though
Code:
# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
out_to_console no
# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 7x12
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 7x12
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Lucida Console:size=10
xftalpha 0.8
text_buffer_size 2048
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_hints undecorated below sticky skip_taskbar skip_pager
# Text alpha when using Xft
# xftalpha 0.8
# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
#minimum_size 280 5
#maximum_width 150
# Draw shades?
draw_shades no
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 10
# border margins
border_margin 4
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color white
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#minimum_size 10 10
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
alignment bottom_right
# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 30
gap_y 30
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer left
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti
# Possible variables to be used:
#
# Variable Arguments Description
# acpiacadapter ACPI ac adapter state.
# acpifan ACPI fan state
# acpitemp ACPI temperature.
# adt746xcpu CPU temperature from therm_adt746x
# adt746xfan Fan speed from therm_adt746x
# battery (num) Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
# battery. ACPI battery number can be
# given as argument (default is BAT0).
# buffers Amount of memory buffered
# cached Amount of memory cached
# color (color) Change drawing color to color
# cpu CPU usage in percents
# cpubar (height) Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
# bar's height in pixels
# downspeed net Download speed in kilobytes
# downspeedf net Download speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# exec shell command Executes a shell command and displays
# the output in torsmo. warning: this
# takes a lot more resources than other
# variables. I'd recommend coding wanted
# behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).
# execi interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
# command Interval can't be less than
# update_interval in configuration.
# fs_bar (height), (fs) Bar that shows how much space is used on
# a file system. height is the height in
# pixels. fs is any file on that file
# system.
# fs_free (fs) Free space on a file system available
# for users.
# fs_free_perc (fs) Free percentage of space on a file
# system available for users.
# fs_size (fs) File system size
# fs_used (fs) File system used space
# hr (height) Horizontal line, height is the height in
# pixels
# i2c (dev), type, n I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev
# may be omitted if you have only one I2C
# device. type is either in (or vol)
# meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp
# meaning temperature. n is number of the
# sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on
# your local computer.
# kernel Kernel version
# loadavg (1), (2), (3) System load average, 1 is for past 1
# minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for
# past 15 minutes.
# machine Machine, i686 for example
# mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use
# program like fetchmail to get mails from
# some server using your favourite
# protocol. See also new_mails.
# mem Amount of memory in use
# membar (height) Bar that shows amount of memory in use
# memmax Total amount of memory
# memperc Percentage of memory in use
# new_mails Unread mail count in mail spool.
# nodename Hostname
# outlinecolor (color) Change outline color
# pre_exec shell command Executes a shell command one time before
# torsmo displays anything and puts output
# as text.
# processes Total processes (sleeping and running)
# running_processes Running processes (not sleeping),
# requires Linux 2.6
# shadecolor (color) Change shading color
# stippled_hr (space), Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
# (height)
# swapbar (height) Bar that shows amount of swap in use
# swap Amount of swap in use
# swapmax Total amount of swap
# swapperc Percentage of swap in use
# sysname System name, Linux for example
# time (format) Local time, see man strftime to get more
# information about format
# totaldown net Total download, overflows at 4 GB on
# Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
# seem to be a way to know how many times
# it has already done that before torsmo
# has started.
# totalup net Total upload, this one too, may overflow
# updates Number of updates (for debugging)
# upspeed net Upload speed in kilobytes
# upspeedf net Upload speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# uptime Uptime
# uptime_short Uptime in a shorter format
#
# seti_prog Seti@home current progress
# seti_progbar (height) Seti@home current progress bar
# seti_credit Seti@hoome total user credit
# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument
#${font Dungeon:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}I can change the font as well
#${font Verdana:size=10}as many times as I choose
#${font Perry:size=10}Including UTF-8,
#${font Luxi Mono:size=10}justo como este texto que o google traduz fêz o português
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
#${font Grunge:size=12}${time %a %b %d}${alignr -25}${time %k:%M}
TEXT
SYSTEM ${color grey} ${hr 2} $color
${font StyleBats:size=16}L${font} Core Temp: ${alignr}${hwmon 1 temp 2}
${font StyleBats:size=16}q${font} Uptime:$color ${alignr}${uptime}
${font StyleBats:size=16}o${font} RAID Status: ${alignr}${execi 60 gawk -f bin/raid_check /proc/mdstat}
${font StyleBats:size=16}g${font} RAM Usage: ${alignr}$mem/$memmax - $memperc%
${font StyleBats:size=16}A${font} CPU Usage:${color} ${cpu}% ${cpubar cpu}
NETWORKING ${color grey} ${hr 2} $color
${voffset -6}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}O${font} Up: ${upspeed eth0} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eth0 12,120 789E2D A7CC5C}
${voffset 4}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=12}U${font} Down: ${downspeed eth0} ${alignr}${downspeedgraph eth0 12,120 789E2D A7CC5C}
FILESYSTEMS ${color grey} ${hr 2} $color
$color${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar /}
$color${fs_free /home/}/${fs_size /home/} ${fs_bar /home/}
PROCESSES ${color grey} ${hr 2} $color
Name PID CPU % MEM %
${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
I've also added these to my menu.xml so I don't have to faff around with sudo shutdown -r now, etc:
Code:
<item label="ShutDown">
<action name="Execute">
<prompt>
Shutdown?
</prompt>
<execute>
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.Hal" /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Shutdown
</execute>
</action>
</item>
<item label="Reboot">
<action name="Execute">
<prompt>
Reboot?
</prompt>
<execute>
dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.Hal" /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.Reboot
</execute>
</action>
The last one needs HAL, of course!
I could go on... but I doubt anyone is using the other bits (e.g. mrxvt... which is a bloody great terminal emulator, btw...)
Like I mentioned before - obconf and obmenu are the easiest ways (clicky, clicky) of sorting out the themes and menus and I saw someone wrote a script to do the autostart... but it's not exactly difficult to write a bash script, is it?!
it's awesome! Just need to customize it a bit, any links on this? Many thanks for pointing openbox out to me though, I'll have to post a few vids showing the different in firefox opening times between Gnome and openbox on this box - it's just crazy!
