Could I live in Openbox rather than a full desktop environment? This week I look at how and if that would be possible. If you enjoyed this video please subscribe to my channel by clicking here http...
  • bubbalouie@lemmy.ml
    2·
    17 hours ago

    Count me as another huge fan and longtime user of openbox. The functionality I get from my desktop is insane, as is the speed and reliability.

  • zod000@lemmy.ml
    8·
    16 days ago

    I used Openbox directly without a DE for a number of years on my netbook. It was perfectly serviceable for that use case, but I don’t think I’d have been as happy with it for my main workstation or personal desktop.

    • buwho@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      loved slackware with openbox on my netbook back in the days. running pop os and i3wm now, i prefer it over openbox or fluxbox now. it is my daily driver work horse, stable and low on resources. easy to configure.

  • IceVAN@beehaw.org
    7·
    16 days ago

    I’ve been using openbox only for the last 20 years or so and I loved it. For the last 3-4 months I moved to labwc…and again, I’m loving it. I’ve never felt the need for a full desktop.

  • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
    51·
    16 days ago

    Openbox was great. I learned Linux using fluxbox, and moved over to openbox down the track because it was familiar. I stayed with it until about 2015 I think.

    Labwc could be a similar wayland experience (although it’s not their mission statement), but I haven’t been able to try it yet.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
    2·
    15 days ago

    That was one of my main reasons to move to Linux about 10 years ago; you couldn’t just replace that shitty desktop of Windows 7 with a better one (well, there was Blackbox, a Openbox fork).