Jerry3904 1. Things are a bit different for MX-Fluxbox users because the core of this Window Manager—the actual package named “mx-fluxbox”–contains files that need to be located inside the /home directory. That means that the upgrade process can not be completed without the user’s active participation—i.e., it’s not enough to just provide the root password at … Read more MX-Fluxbox was just upgraded: what now?
The MX Linux Devs and Community are happy to announce the release of MX-Fluxbox 2.1, a point release and significant upgrade for this fully integrated overlay to MX Linux. Besides incorporating bug fixes and package updates from the last three months, this release brings new apps and revised settings to create a tighter and more … Read more MX-Fluxbox 2.1 apps and settings released
Introduction MX-Dockmaker is a GUI application for MX-Fluxbox. It is designed to make the creating and managing of docks–that is, of a series of program launchers–easy for the average user. It makes use of a recent CLI app developed by Sébastien Ballet called wmalauncher. The docks are basically scripts that set the location and list … Read more HELP: MX Dockmaker
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After a lot of hard work by the MX Devs and Community members, MX-Fluxbox 2.0 is ready for beta testing. The list of contributors is too long for me to spell out this early in the morning, but I am very grateful for the fantastic support the project has enjoyed. InstallationURL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bHjyyV … sp=sharing md5sum: 236376ce1cb34c7b028ce6a6506c7113 … Read more MX-Fluxbox 2.0 ready for testing
Introduction Wmalauncher is a CLI app created by Sébastien Ballet in 2018 as “an easy to use and highly configurable application launcher especially designed for fluxbox” (man wmalauncher). The Dev has been very helpful in adapting his app to the MX Linux use environment. This HELP file treats exclusively of the CLI app, ignoring the … Read more Wmalauncher
Basic help for MX-Fluxbox and its components is available in the documents available in ~/.fluxbox/doc/ and in HELP: Mx-idesktool. This Wiki entry covers more advanced topics. Lower memory usage A number of users have worked on lowering memory usage, and there are a couple of threads on that topic in the MX-Fluxbox forum. User seaken64 … Read more HELP: MX-Fluxbox
Introduction Idesk is program that draws desktop icons. Each icon will execute a shell command on a configurable action. The icons can be moved on the desktop by dragging them, and the icons will remember their positions on start-up. It was developed by a group led by Chris (nikon) that was active around 2002-2007 (source). … Read more HELP: MX Idesktool
MX Linux has made Desktop Environments and Window Managers available through the Package Installer since the beginning of time (well, since 2014). But those are basic vanilla install packages, essentially unaltered for MX Linux use. That pattern changed with the release on December 12 2019 of MX-fluxbox, a version of fluxbox developed specifically as a … Read more MX-fluxbox released as fully integrated overlay
Jesse Smith published on November 3, 2019, a detailed review of MX-19 in DistroWatch. He appreciates that MX has improved an already good product with lots of little improvements, though he does not look at the new version of Xfce 4.14 being deployed. He found a genuine problem that will need work: the installer was … Read more MX Linux 19
