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Openbox is the standard window manager in LXDE, and is used in Linux distributions such as CrunchBang Linux, ArchBang, Lubuntu, TinyMe and Trisquel Mini.
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Con Default configuration is lacking basic features
When booting Openbox for the first time, the user won't even know they have actually booted into a window manager as there will be nothing of note on the screen other than a right mouse action.
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Openbox
Recommended 4 years ago
Extremely lightweight and easy to customize. Here's my dotfiles: https://github.com/owl4ce/dotfiles
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Highly configurable with a moderate learning curvePro
StablePro
Defaults easy to quickstartPro
Extremely lightweightCon
Default configuration is lacking basic featuresPro
Very well documentedCon
No support for HiDPIOpenbox
Recommended 6 years ago
Openbox is to WMs as Arch is to distros. Extremely customizable. You're given a bare bones installation which you must then configure and build upon to meet your needs and desires. This makes it very lightweight - run it as a session and you don't need a desktop environment. Install other tools for...
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Highly configurable with a moderate learning curvePro
StablePro
Extremely lightweightCon
Default configuration is lacking basic featuresPro
UnclutteredPro
Very well documentedCon
Unfamiliar configuration methodOpenbox
Recommended 3 years ago
stable is the most important thing! lightweight means little dependency and better performance. well customization capabilities is just right prevent it too complex. trust me, sometimes tiling is not enough, so openbox is your friend!
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Highly configurable with a moderate learning curvePro
StablePro
Extremely lightweightPro
Very well documentedComments
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Con Not very pretty out of the box
When loading default Openbox for the first time, it is quite sparse with there being nothing on the desktop and little in the menu.