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Installation of Openbox


If you are under ubuntu, just run :
sudo apt-get install openbox

If not, just download and install the required packages for your distribution.

After that, make sure that your OS launches the openbox-session instead of your traditional desktop environment.
Generally, you can do that at the login windows.

Bravo ! That was easy, openbox is now installed on your linux system. Next step : configuration.


Configuration


Right now, your desktop is just a grey screen with a small right-clic menu, but that is all you need to start !

The menu: like everything else, it is up to your imagination, and dependent on your system.
The configuration file is at ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml.
Obviously, it is written in xml and here is my version to give you a starting point.

The shortcuts are in ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml.
It is easy to edit and create your owns, you can see in my file that I have created one to lock my screen for example.

The autostart.sh, also in ~/.config/openbox/
is the script that will be in charge of launching all your cool programs at the beginning of your session.
Note that if you don't have them, they will not be launched, and therefore your system will just look like a grey screen. So edit to put your own software, or just install the ones at the end of my script.
NB: some of my shortcuts are linked to my programs, like xscreensaver, so you must also watch that.

Bonus: here is my own script to start with a random wallpaper at each login (the pictures should be placed correctly)



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