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How to give a shadow to the openbox menu

How to give a shadow to the openbox menu

The compton.conf of openbox is in ~/.config/compton.conf.Make a backup of that file and then experiment with its settings. You still have a backup in /etc/skel.We delete a line that is holding the shadow back on the menu.Look for the shadow-exclude part and delete...

How to switch your Openbox menu to the Openbox Minimal menu

How to switch your Openbox menu to the Openbox Minimal menu

Thanks to the fact that we have created ArcoLinuxB Openbox Minimal we now have a second kind of menu. A minimal one. Once you know your way around the system and know where all the core files are for openbox, you can access them via Thunar and edit them. No need for a...

How to set wallpapers in xfce, openbox and i3

How to set wallpapers in xfce, openbox and i3

Since we have so many new wallpapers to choose from, it seemed a good idea to show you in one video how to set your wallpaper in  xfce openbox i3 Submicron or Fernando Cruz, creator and donator of many beautiful wallpapers of ArcoLinux, has generously given us...

Adding jgmenu to your openbox system

Adding jgmenu to your openbox system

Jgmenu is an X11 menu intended to be used with Openbox and Tint2. If you miss a "start button and menu" in your Openbox system, Jgmenu can be a solution. We install it with sudo pacman -S jgmenu Then we need to add it to our tint2 menu with a few steps. We show you...

Use tint2 to theme your Openbox setup

Use tint2 to theme your Openbox setup

Tint2 is the "standard" panel in openbox. The gui or graphical user interface of Tint2 is a super tool to select the current themes but also a great tool to create new themes. We change and apply some of the settings. All settings you change in the gui of tint2 will...

How to activate polybar on ArcoLinux Openbox

How to activate polybar on ArcoLinux Openbox

You can use polybar as well in Openbox. The standard panel in ArcoLinux is tint2 but you can replace this. We edit the autostart file in folder ~/.config/openbox. #tint2 & sh ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh & These lines came in with the update of the package :...

How to install polybar and use it on i3 and openbox

How to install polybar and use it on i3 and openbox

Very often I refer to the wiki of Arch Linux but in this case this will be our link to get to know polybar. https://github.com/jaagr/polybar Polybar is an alternative panel or bar to use instead of the bars of i3 or tint2 in Openbox. It provides us with an alternative...

How to deactivate the transparency  in i3 and openbox

How to deactivate the transparency in i3 and openbox

Compton is a compositor for Openbox and i3. It will take care of transparency and shadows on your system. It 'beautifies' your system. But sometimes you need to take a picture and you rather not see the background coming through. How can I do this? Openbox has a menu...