mhbell Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 OBR is an interesting Arch-based distro, as it is basically an Openbox distro with XFCE-based tools. Perhaps a super-lightweight XFCE, or an OB distro on steroids?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Odd placement for the shortcuts. Why would they place in the upper middle of the desktop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 OBR is an interesting Arch-based distro, as it is basically an Openbox distro with XFCE-based tools. Perhaps a super-lightweight XFCE, or an OB distro on steroids?! Yeah, interesting. I use a few Xfce tools in my Openbox installations (in Debian Stretch, Arch, and Antergos) -- but only a few, like xfce4-terminal and xfce4-screenshooter. Works out nicely. I've considered using xfce4-panel in Openbox, but I prefer the tint2 panel (and I see that OBRevenge includes that as well). Actually, I installed Arch with Xfce, then added Openbox, so I have both sessions available, and in the Openbox sessions I have all of the Xfce tools available. Very good way to go, in my opinion. As an Openbox fan, I'd be a lot more interested in OBRevenge if I didn't already have the above-mentioned installations living happily on my machines. Also, I've had some nice runs with a couple of other Openbox distros -- ArchBang and BunsenLabs. But OBRevenge looks good; looks like it's closer to Antergos than to ArchBang. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 @SecurityBreach: I think OBR is targeted to newbie-ish users, with many pre-configurations already put together. Arch users probably aren't interested in OBR and certainly don't need the hints. I suspect OBR is trying to provide a lightweight Openbox experience, with XFCE-based UX tools, on an Arch base, for inexperienced users of Arch and OB. In that respect, it makes sense to put the cheat sheet front and center for how to navigate or get things done. I suspect... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Or maybe the devs simply thought the conky (cheat sheet) looks better there than over to the side, like they have it in BunsenLabs: https://www.bunsenla...y/hydrogen2.jpg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Or maybe the devs simply thought the conky (cheat sheet) looks better there than over to the side, like they have it in BunsenLabs: https://www.bunsenla...y/hydrogen2.jpg That is certainly a possibility also! Invoking Occam's Razor, you are probably correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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