fluxbox stuff

[CoolnessItself]

I know fluxbox is only a wm, and so doesnt have a panel and icons, but how do I get all the 3rdparty features I see in screenshots?

like a panel w/ common programs (icons), and maybe some other stuff?

[jimlynch11]

idesk will give you some icons on the desktop
http://linuxhelp.hn.org/idesk.php

gkrellm2 will give you a nice little system monitor
http://www.gkrellm.net/

there are other programs that accomplish pretty much the same thing, however those are two common ones that arent too difficult to set up. idesk has pretty good documentation, and gkrellm2 is fairly self-explanatory.

another helpful program is bsetbg (others also exist) that will set your background for you

next you'll need to edit your /home/*username*/.xinitrc file so that when you type startx (assuming you're not using a graphical login manager) flux and all of your desktop helper programs load automatically...mine looks like this:

[lotusvale]

i don't exactly know which are you talking specifically, but the panels and icon i believe can be achieved with Rox-Filler or Idesk

some addons, you can get DockApps,
and for status for your cpu,etc you can get Gkrellm.
that should get you started
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[Lisandro]

Check www.fluxbox.org , there's a couple of links to 3rd-party software for Fluxbox, including a dockbar and icons for the desktop.

[CoolnessItself]

what about a more sophsticated panel (taskbar...)?
I emerged rox, but all I can find is the file manager. Wheres the panel?

[ralph]

you have to start up rox with some special option.
adding:

rox --bottom=mypanel &

to your .xinitrc before starting fluxbox should do the trick.

[lotusvale]

man rox will tell you more. it's got lots of examples too
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[bsolar]

Here you should find a lot of advices.
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