Openbox Getting started guide. This is a short introduction that is recommended reading material for people new to Openbox or upgrading from a previous version.

Openbox is included in most popular linux distributions. However if the latest version is not available to you through your distribution, you can download it from the download page.

Openbox is a highly configurable window manager. It allows you to change almost every aspect of how you interact with your desktop and invent completely new ways to use and control it.

Openbox.org .debs and/or source installs don't include them in your root menu -- that's done by Debian developer magic. You can do it with a few simple steps in these instructions.

Openbox allows you to change almost every aspect of how you interact with your desktop and invent completely new ways to use and control it. Openbox gives you control without making you do …

The autostart documentation gives instructions on how to launch programs with Openbox at startup (not applicable unless openbox-session is called from the Desktop Manager/ xinit)

Help:DefaultConfiguration The default bindings for Openbox 3.4 include the following:

Graphical log in options for GNOME or KDE with Openbox as the window manager Supports 32-bit true transparent windows Extensive language rendering support Configurable mouse interaction with …

Openbox 3 themes are written as an X resource database, in a file named themerc. The format is quite simple to learn, but there are an enormous number of options available to you.

Once you have the above dependancies installed, you are ready to build Openbox. You can obtain the source code from github.com (or as through tar archives (eg. linux from scratch)):