On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:38:58AM -0500, Jeremy O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 09:08:38PM -0500, Brynet wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I know not everyone uses OpenBSD for a desktop OS, but I have been for > > nearly 5 years and I'm quite curious about some of your opinions? do you > > embrace minimalism or pure aesthetics? are the two mutually exclusive? > > > > When I started using OpenBSD (..around 3.7) I was frequently switching > > between window managers, tweaking.. but for 2 years now I've been using > > fluxbox and I believe I'm comfortable with it. > > > > * Do you use one of the bundled window managers like > > cwm(1)/twm(1)/fvwm(1) or something else? > > xmonad after spending a lot of time getting ghc 6.10 set up. > > > * What other utilities do you find useful, any "dockapps" or similar > > applets? personal customizations? > > -xmobar with CPU, battery, and fuzzy clock for statusbar > -mutt > -git for config syncing > -firefox > -tmux > -irssi > -mpd/pms > > > * Do you try to keep things uniform across other desktops? > > * What does your environment look like? anyone willing to post > > screenshots or actual workspace photos? > > I always use the same programs, and the configs are generally the same > with machine-specific customizations tracked in my various git branches. > > Typical screenshot: http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/~jeremy/obsd-screen.png > > > > > I realize none of this may be relevant or even useful, but I figured it > > was worth asking here anyway. > > > > Anyone feel like humouring me? :-) > > > > Thanks. > > -Bryan. > >
I bounce between base + scrotwm, mutt, irssi, ssvnc and firefox to do what I need to do, and a full Gnome environment (with some keyboard fudging to closer match scrotwm bindings) when I get the bling itch. I find scrotwm wonderful, and the maintainers of Gnome on OpenBSD have done wonders as well. Thanks to all.
