Open box window manager clean and fast!!

First: this is the best opebox tutorial you can think of:

http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/

Ok time to install a faster window manager and set of applications:

Add this repo in /etc/apt/sources.list:

#openbox https://launchpad.net/~k-belding/+archive
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/k-belding/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/k-belding/ubuntu hardy main

and then:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install openbox pypanel gmrun obmenu obconf nitrogen gtk-chtheme sakura scrot kazehakase sylpheed rtorrent irssi finch decibel-audio-player xfburn mirage abiword gnumeric leafpad epdfview xarchiver pcmanfm ivman

For an explination of each:

• openbox is an alternative window manager that we’ll be using as our desktop environment. It’s snappier than Fluxbox since it was rewritten to no longer be based off blackbox code.
• pypanel - since open box comes with no panel, this is an extremely light weight one, it can be configured in ~/.pypanelrc. You’ll need to add this to .config/openbox/autostart.sh with the line: pypanel &
• gmrun - will give you a small run dialog upon running
• obmenu - graphical openbox menu editting app
• obconf - graphical openbox theme changer, among other options
• nitrogen - lightweight application to change wallpapers
• gtk-chtheme - will allow you to change gtk themes. Icon themes and fonts can be specified in .gtkrc-2.0
• sakura - a light weight tabbed terminal. Easier to configure than aterm, xterm and the like.
• scrot - a command line screenshot tool
• kazehakase - a lightweight browser based on the gecko engine (A heads up about the hardy package: you can’t view the preference menu, it’ll crash. You can control most things through it’s config files and about:config)
• sylpheed - a light weight email application
• rtorrent - a command line torrent app
• irssi - command line irc
• finch - the command line version of finch
• decibel-audio-player - a light weight gtk based audio app
• xfburn - a burning application from the xfce suite
• mirage - an extremely light weight image viewer
• abiword and gnumeric - lighter office apps when compared to open office.
• leafpad - extremely lightweight notepad app
• epdfview - lightweight pdf viewer
• xarchiver - lightweight archiving and compression tool to replace file-roller with.
• pcmanfm - tabbed, lightweight file manager.
• ivman - a behind the scenes auto-mounter. You’ll need to add this to .config/openbox/autostart.sh with the line: ivman &

Here are some great reads on how to configure openbox:

1. http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Main_Page
2. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox
3. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Openbox

And that’s it. Log into openbox and get to configuring things the way you want it.

Try only the openbox part of this page; much dangerous advice there:

http://tuxtraining.com/2008/09/28/how-to-make-ubuntu-extremely-fast/

http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Getting_started

Great theme I'm using:

http://kiwisaotome.deviantart.com/art/Fall-is-Awesome-98169843