What is Fluxbox:
It is a window manager for X window system. The user interface is very lightweight and simple. More info can be found
here.
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A right-click on the desktop will open main menu where you can customize the style, select applications, and change configuration. Alternatively, you can go to fluxbox directory, usually it is ./fluxbox/ where you can modify files directly.
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Middle click or Left click on desktop will open workspace menu
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Running programs are by default at the bottom of the screen
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Common shortcut can be found here. Scroll down to “Key Bindings”
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Fluxbox manual page can be found here.
Using Fluxbox
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Go to fluxbox directory and do startfluxbox to start a fluxbox session
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If there is no error message, skip the steps below
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If you get error, you have a running window manager already running, do the below steps
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Log out
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At the login prompt, click options and choose fluxbox from the list of window managers and login as usual
Customization
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Customization is done by editing configuration files in the .fluxbox directory in user home directory.
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Keyboard shortcuts are stored in the ~/.fluxbox/keys file
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Menu layout is in the ~/.fluxbox/menu file
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Everything running at startup is found in ~/.fluxbox/startup
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Configuration file ~/.fluxbox/init
