Fluxbox essentials and Darkone theme

 

Definition of Fluxbox (from fluxbox.org)

“Fluxbox is a windowmanager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT-License.”

Fluxbox also comes by default with a simple panel, which has capacity to show open windows, workspaces and opened windows.

Darkone (GPL) theme for Fluxbox

First, some screenshots from the theme and its wallpaper. Continue reading →

Pacman essentials (Arch Linux)

If you are using Arch Linux then here are some basic terminal commands, which you can use to control control Pacman (Arch’s package management program). Continue reading →

Change backgrounds using Nitrogen

On many occasions I have mentioned a program called  Feh, which is a picture viewer and a great background setting tool. As good as Feh is on a lightweight desktop, sometimes a user might wish for a graphical alternative to it. That is where a program called Nitrogen comes in. Nitrogen delivers a graphical solution for the wallpaper management. Here is a screenshot from the program’s interface. You can usually find Nitrogen from your package repositories. Continue reading →