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Old 7th May 2014
ibara ibara is offline
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I have no idea why people choose Openbox over Fluxbox. Fluxbox is saner to config (nearly plaintext!), better licensed, has much fewer dependencies, and actually has its own bar so you don't need to add yet another package on top (i.e. wbar/tint to openbox). And with a good theme, it's a pleasure on the eyes (I use the MurrinaFlux theme collection).

I second the addition of VLC. For those who like streaming video, like twitch.tv and the like, livestreamer (and livestreamer-curses): livestreamer will work with both mplayer and VLC.

Also, Xfe for those looking for a lightweight graphical file manager.

Pidgin?

You've also forgotten games! There's so many great games in the ports collection!

And I much prefer Thunderbird to Sylpheed, if only because I'm too lazy to learn something else.

(Full disclosure: I am the OpenBSD port maintainer of Fluxbox, livestreamer{,-curses}, and Xfe. This post reflects my workflow, scientifically proven to be awesome from many years of use )

Last edited by ibara; 7th May 2014 at 03:36 AM.
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