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arosano 🇩🇰🇮🇱<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@mms" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mms</a> On the two <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbsd</a>’s I use <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbox</a>, on <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/alpinelinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alpinelinux</a> it is the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wayland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbox</a> cousin <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/labwc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labwc</a>. Except for a clock my desktop is empty as in no icons. Menus a mouse button away. Background color <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/rebeccapurple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rebeccapurple</a>

vermadenNew 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝟭𝟰.𝟯 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝟮𝟱 [FreeBSD 14.3 on FrankenPad T25] article available.<a href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#verblog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freebsd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laptop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#x11</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xorg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thinkpad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lenovo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frankenpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frankenpad</a>

vermadenNew 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝟭𝟰.𝟯 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝟮𝟱 [FreeBSD 14.3 on FrankenPad T25] article available.<a href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/freebsd-14-3-on-frankenpad-t25/</a><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/verblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#verblog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freebsd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laptop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desktop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/x11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#x11</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xorg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thinkpad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lenovo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/frankenpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frankenpad</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongInstalling and exploring a new operating system (FreeBSD) has led me to revisit an old and friendly window manager: OpenboxIts an excellent foundation for crafting a lightweight and delightful FreeBSD desktop just the way I like it!<a href="https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-openbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dwarmstrong.org/freebsd-openbox/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongDay 26 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#31DaysOfFreeBSD</a> :freebsd:FreeBSD + Openbox = ❤️ <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a>

/dev/urandom<blockquote>how do i move this window in gnome, i have no idea where to drag from because the title bar is full of widgets</blockquote>just hold the windows key and you can now drag it anywherethis feature, in one way or another, existed for more than a decade and is (from my experience) part of <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNOME</a>, <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KDE</a>, <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Xfce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xfce</a> and even <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> (some of them disagree on whether to use Alt or the Windows key, but all of them have it) -- even Sway, which is a tiling window manager, still uses the same workflow to reorganize windows

KaiXin<a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk/justine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@justine@snac.smithies.me.uk</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbox</a> has always been my first choice when I just want a WM instead of DE. And <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=labwc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#labwc</a> really makes me feel at home

Pete Orrall<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stefano</a> My last Linux workstation was a dual monitor setup. Ran <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Debian</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> for a lean, minimal configuration. Web browser and multiple xterms open on one screen with apps or email with more xterms open on the other. I still used the virtual desktops too.If the opportunity exists for a multi-monitor setup in your *nix-based OS of choice, take it! 🙂

Justine SmithiesSo still on my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a> adventure and although I missed images in the terminal be it <code>sixel</code> in <code>xterm</code> or the kitty protocol in <code>kitty</code>, I've decided to stick with good old <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=xterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xterm</a> . Also on my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> daily driver I'm used to such luxuries as icons in the terminal like font awesome or nerd fonts but even though I could have used <code>alacritty</code> or <code>kitty</code> to achieve this I have decided to for go them. After all what do they do other make it look pretty ? I don't get any other functionality from them and they can easily be replaced with text. You might have noticed too that although I'm a <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> chic on my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> I've decided to be all nostalgic and stick with Xorg on OpenBSD. I haven't yet settled on a window manager be it tiling or stacking but <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=herbstluftwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbstluftWM</a> and <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> are in my sights although I'm still using the default <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=fvwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fvwm</a> right now. I have my Qutebrowser setup and aerc for my email. Printing via cups and xsane for scanning. Looking into <code>nsxiv</code> for an image viewer as the OpenBSD port of <code>imv</code> is well out of date. Yes I'm having to make small changes but once I'm finished this wee Dell Optiplex 3080 tower will be perfect for daily driving OpenBSD and I'm looking forward to learning lots more. <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongDay 16 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#31DaysOfFreeBSD</a> :freebsd:I'm happy with how my Openbox config is coming together! This time around I'm not using any kind of panel/taskbar and have set windows to open maximized by default:<a href="https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/openbox?ref_type=heads" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/tree/master/.config/openbox?ref_type=heads</a>Next up: further configure `.xinitrc` to run some helper applications at `startx`.Onward!<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a>

Justine SmithiesBeen tinkering around with my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a> Dell Optiplex 3080 rig learning how OpenBSD differs from say FreeBSD. I've also got X running with the default <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=fvwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FVWM</a> but I cannot decide if I want to install <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=herbstluftwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HerbstluftWM</a> or <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBox</a> ? Yes I know the first is a tiling window manager but I know I can setup OpenBox to tile too with a few scripts. I think I'll have to research a tad more and decide later. For now FVWM it is and yes I'm actually liking OpenBSD if I'm honest. <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a> <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nostalgia</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongDay 13 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#31DaysOfFreeBSD</a> :freebsd:Going for a more uniform look for my Openbox setup using `Adwaita-Dark` for GTK and QT applications. For Openbox itself I'm using the `Nordic Dark` theme slightly modified (setting backgrounds on menus and titlebars to solid black):<a href="https://github.com/hsully03/Nordic-Openbox" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/hsully03/Nordic-Openbox</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongDay 12 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#31DaysOfFreeBSD</a> :freebsd:Continuing to tweak my Openbox setup. I've fallen down the `xlock -mode _modename_` rabbit hole. 🙂 This is interesting: when - instead of `startx` - you run `exec startx`, if you try to bypass the screen locker by CTRL-ALT-Fnum to a console and kill the X session it knocks you back out to login. Same deal when you exit the X session normally. Nice and simple and exactly the behaviour I was looking for! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xorg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a>

Pete Orrall<a href="https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rl_dane</a> Have you tried XFCE? Been using that for well over a decade and have had great results.For more minimal setups, I use <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/xfce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xfce</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bsd</a>

Daniel Wayne ArmstrongDay 11 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/31DaysOfFreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#31DaysOfFreeBSD</a> :freebsd:Hello Openbox! Its been awhile. 🙂 I'm re-acquainting myself with the Openbox window manager on my new FreeBSD laptop. I was a happy user for a few years before moving to Linux Mint Debian and Cinnamon desktop.Currently rethinking my config with help from this excellent HOWTO courtesy of <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@vermaden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vermaden</a> ...<a href="https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/freebsd-desktop-part-12-configuration-openbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/freebsd-desktop-part-12-configuration-openbox/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Windowmanager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windowmanager</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a>

Justine SmithiesDecided that using xorg on my dell optiplex 3080 tower under <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> isn't for me although it bought back memories. I have seen how certain software has already become stale by which I mean no updates or bug fixes in a good 4-5 years. So I've switched back to <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> which I still use on my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkPAD</a> . But my experience of using twm and xterm have made me go explore <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=labwc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labwc</a> again with my favourite Wayland terminal Foot. It's a lovely minimal stacking window manager which can be themed using <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBox</a> themes. I have gruvbox dark installed which I quite like. As to what bar I'm going to use ? I'm not sure maybe waybar or sfwbar or even something else ? <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a> <a href="https://github.com/labwc/labwc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://github.com/labwc/labwc</a>

Justine SmithiesStill playing around with <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=labwc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labwc</a> and although it's a <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> stacking window manager that can tile aka snap to edge it can also be totally configured to work with just the keyboard. I'm pretty impressed so far with what can be achieved. If you liked <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBox</a> then definitely give this a shot as you'll love it.

Justine SmithiesStill playing with <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=labwc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labwc</a> and trying to hate it but failing miserably. I'm a tiling WM girl at heart but I'm actually liking the way Labwc works. There's no IPC for external control, You just use keybinds, rules and maybe some scripting magic with the likes of <code>wlrctl</code> or <code>wob</code>. I'm still running <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=riverwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RiverWM</a> as my daily though and just testing Labwc to see what's on the otherside but hey. ;) <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBox</a>

Justine SmithiesPlaying around with <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=labwc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labwc</a> just to get that retro <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=openbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Openbox</a> feel. Do you use Labwc ? Have you tried it ? Maybe share your thoughts, tips, dot files or screenshots ? <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> I'm not moving from <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=riverwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RiverWm</a> I'm just exploring <a href="https://github.com/labwc/labwc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://github.com/labwc/labwc</a>

Max TrewerFeliz y tranquilo <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ViernesDeEscritorio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ViernesDeEscritorio</a> para todos, con <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArchCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArchCraft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNU</a>/Linux <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArchLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArchLinux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenBox</a>

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