Salix Fluxbox edition development has begun

[linus72]

Hello Kerd
was wondering when Salix OS would put out either a "SlackBang" openbox edition or a fluxbox edition; and now you have.

About Antix, and any other Debian/Ubuntu based distro; they use a app called "menu"
http://packages.debian.org/sid/menu

it works in conjunction with the "Debian Menu System"
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu.html/

and so their fluxbox menu looks and is alot different than regular fluxbox menu such as in slackware

Now, I make 4 variations of the Fluxbox desktop called nFluxOS
http://multidistro.com/
there's ARCH, Debian, Slackware, and Ubuntu
the arch/slack versions use the default fluxbox menu
the debian/ubuntu use the default debian menu system.

I made some "helper" apps for the arch/slackware editions so the user would not have to manually open and term and type in "fluxbox-generate_menu"
/usr/share/flux-update.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Flux-Update-Menu
Exec=xterm -e /usr/bin/flux-update
Icon=/usr/share/icons/kxconfig.png
Type=Application
Categories=System;GTK;Utility;

and /usr/bin/flux-update

#!/bin/sh
echo "Updating Menu Please Wait..."
/usr/bin/fluxbox-generate_menu
exit 1
fi

I noticed that the fluxbox menu updater in the fluxbox menu never gets it right as others here have stated.

anyway, please check out the MiniSC/MiniSCR/ or the full slackware nFluxOS editions and I have
added a usuable exit/logout/reboot/shutdown/suspend, etc entries and also a menu entry for the user to edit the fluxbox-generate_menu menu entries

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  find_it /usr/bin/leafpad  append "[exec] (Fluxbox-Generate_Menu-Configurator) {/usr/bin/leafpad /usr/bin/fluxbox-generate_menu}"

also, you should include fluxconf, which is fluxkeys, fluxmenu, fluxbare, and fluxconf
http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/

i also have it in my own distros
http://multidistro.com/downloads/Apps/slackpkgs.html

also there you will see an early edition of the nfluxbox desktop package

Basically, I'm not saying copy what I have done with mine; but just wanted to give you some ideas and such.
I'm sure you guys will create a signature salix version yourself.

you can see here some older screenshots
http://multidistro.com/slides/slideshow.html

I originally got the inspiration for my own design by checking out Hag linux
http://hag-linux.eu.org/screenshots/2

also there you will find an app called ubilone which auto-creates a "most popular" entry that shows the apps you most frequently use
http://hag-linux.eu.org/wiki/HagPackages/ulubione

Hope that info all helps and look forward to the final release so I can review it:)

[zAchAry]

also, you should include fluxconf, which is fluxkeys, fluxmenu, fluxbare, and fluxconf
http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/

I had a bad experience with FluxMenu.

Perhaps FME (Fluxbox Menu Editor)

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http://fme.rhymux.info/
http://raphael.dehousse.name/fluxbox-menu-editor/
https://github.com/rdehouss/fme

I've never tried FME, though.

also there you will find an app called ubilone which auto-creates a "most popular" entry that shows the apps you most frequently use
http://hag-linux.eu.org/wiki/HagPackages/ulubione

Awesome. +1.

[klanger]

@Kerd not all apps are listed in the menu.

I hope you, I made it clear that your work is awesome! (less then 50MB of RAM & aboyut 110 MB with FF and youtube running)

What do you think about adding xfce4-power-manager?

[Kerd]

@klanger
Which applications are not listed in the menu?
I think xfce4-power-manager has a lot of dependencies, it is for xfce4.
For install it you need a few parts of xfce4, and we want a clean ISO.

@linus72
Thanks for the tips.
Alternative solutions for the menu will be considered by the next release.
In this relaese we only put the original fluxbox without external applications.
In the next release will think of how to make the menu to be automatically.

[xerxeslins]

great idea ! thanx!

I have resisted using Salix, preferring to use slackware with Salix repositories, but now with version fluxbox I feel good about using pure Salix.

(Excuse my English, I used google translator)

[Kerd]

We are very happy that you appreciate our work ...

[gapan]

A new 13.1.2beta2 iso is available now. You cat get it from:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/salix/f ... o/download
(md5: 49b16bea4a812bc3a676702355e37758, size: 566MB)

a lot of small fixes and improvements should be in there. The first post in this thread has also been updated with a link to the beta2.

[meanpt]

The link on the DW latest distributions only lands you on the sourcefourge's salix files without starting the download

[gapan]

The link on the DW latest distributions only lands you on the sourcefourge's salix files without starting the download

OK... Please contact the DW staff so they can fix it then.

[snowpine]

What is changing the wallpaper?
I edited ~/.fluxbox/startup and changed the "fbsetbg" line to point to my new wallpaper.
When I log in, I see my new wallpaper for a couple of seconds, then it automatically switches back to the Salix default wallpaper. Suggestions?