I can make an unofficial Openbox spin!

[alisalihucgul]

Hello, I just heard about BlendOS, and I absolutely loved it! I want to make an Openbox spin for you guys using my own configs. My theme's look is a mix of KDE Plasma and Gnome, see for yourself!

Here is the list of default programs:

Media

• mpv - Video Player
• deadbeef - Music Player
• qview - Image Viewer

Settings

• lxappearance - GTK Theme Switcher
• qt5ct - Qt5 Theme Switcher
• nm-connection-editor - Network Manager Connection Editor
• obconf - Openbox Settings Manager
• pulsemixer - Terminal Audio Monitor

Utilities

• pkgbrowser - Package Browser
• pacseek - TUI Package Manager
• kolourpaint - Drawing Application
• kate - Text Editor
• marktext - Markdown Editor
• onlyoffice - Office Suite
• audacity - Sound Recorder
• kfind - File Search Utility
• flameshot - Screenshot Utility
• xclip - Terminal Clipboard Manager
• system-monitoring-center - System Monitor

Network

• firefox - Web Browser
• qbittorrent - Torrent Client
• ufw - Firewall

System Access

• alacritty - Terminal
• dolphin - File Manager
• ark - Archive Tool
• zsh - Shell

Session Managment

• i3lock-color - Lock Screen
• dunst - Notification Daemon
• polkit-kde-agent - Policykit
• polybar - Panel
• tint2 - Panel
• rofi - Application Launcher
• udiskie - Disk Automounter
• nitrogen - Wallpaper Manager
• notify-send - Notification Sender
• zenity - Dialog Box Maker
• tdrop - Strachpad
• stalonetray - System Tray
• checkupdates - Update Checker

[alisalihucgul]

Just tested OpenBox and well... I completely forgot Waydroid apps doesn't work on Xorg. So I can recreate some of my config in labwc (openbox'ish wayland compositor) if that's ok. Or we can find a solution without Waydroid but Waydroid is certainly the best android emulator so far.

[nhermosilla14]

I'd say Labwc is the best fit for something like this, but I'm not sure if the apps you showed there (such as tint2 or polybar) do work in a Wayland environment. Removing Waydroid (which, btw, is not an emulator, but actual Android running in a container) doesn't seem like a good idea, it's part of the appeal of this distro after all. I saw that LXQt was using Sway (or something based on it) to build their Wayland version of the DE, that might also be something worth considering.

[alisalihucgul]

Ah I already found a solution for that, prerelease version of xfce4-panel works fine on Wayland. So I don't need tint2 or polybar. Also, other programs have replacements as well such as rofi. I'd say the only problem with this is xfce4-panel (wayland alpha) not being in any of the package managers at the moment aside from AUR probably. I compiled it myself to try but I don't think It will be ok to ship a version of BlendOS with that. So I'd say we wait until wayland version of xfce4-panel comes to Arch official repositories. Which I'm guessing late this year to mid next year.

LXQT (if I know correctly) is still not ready for Wayland and you probably don't want to push something with it.

[rghv234]

Any updates on this? I'd really like a labwc spin with Android apps support