Talk:Openbox

Screenshot
There has got to be a better screenshot that this. . . that looks like just a picture of a file manager, it doesn't show the desktop at all. That shows the Metacity winodw manager in action. 70.186.172.75 (talk) 23:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I think the screenshot at the time of writing ( File:Openbox_desktop.png ) is misleading. It shows many features that do not come with openbox, such as a compositor and a panel. I think that the screenshot at the top of the article should show only the "out of the box" features of Openbox. The next time I log in to an Openbox session, I plan to take just such a screen shot and submit it for use in the article. Attys (talk) 03:07, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree that the screenshot should show the software as is is available "out of the box", so when you have one please put it in! - Ahunt (talk) 12:29, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Once again, someone has changed the infobox screenshot to what I consider to be a misleading image ( File:Openbox-elementary3.png ). It shows compositing effects, either Xfce or Gnome's panel, and a custom theme. I believe that this type of screenshot should appear elsewhere in the article (if at all). Attys (talk) 22:20, 14 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree, thanks for changing it back. - Ahunt (talk) 23:14, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Box.net
There was a "for the open online services platform see: box.net" link, it seemed to be an advertisement, so I removed it. kr0n05931 (talk) 02:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

"ArchBang" uses the Openbox WM
In the line: ...Openbox is the standard window manager in LXDE,[5] and is used in Linux distributions such as Archbang http://archbang.org, CrunchBang Linux,[6] Lubuntu[7] and TinyMe.[8].......

I would just like to humbly request that the author here might add "ArchBang" as one of the popular distro's (based on Arch Linux, that uses Openbox). ? ArchBang uses Openbox exclusively as its standard window manager.

Cheers, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.204.4.162 (talk) 10:02, 15 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The problem with adding that is two-fold. First is that this is a non-exhaustive list that just gives a few prominent examples, there is no need to list every distro there that uses Openbox. The second is that Archbang does not have an article on it on Wikipedia, meaning that at this point in time it is considered a non-notable distro. - Ahunt (talk) 14:10, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Only two config files?
I'm pretty sure there's a third config file - autostart.sh (see configuration section) ProtoFire (talk) 23:48, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The autostart script is actually not included upon installation. It must be created by a user manually, and differs from openbox's configuration files in the fact that it is a shell script. BallistaBuffalo (talk) 03:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

First Release
I was wondering, when was the first ever release of a stable openbox? 96.42.44.19 (talk) 14:36, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Unique feature?
pekwm's dynamic menu appears to be at least similar. Athaba (talk) 10:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Is Openbox still actively developed?
It has been a long time since the last release. Are they still working on it? I tried to contact the project developer more than once, but no reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.230.82.82 (talk)
 * That is an excellent question! Since it is a university student project it may not be active over the summer. That said a lot of other projects rely on it, like Lubuntu and LXDE. Ahunt (talk) 10:33, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

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