[ale] Make Gnome Shell look like Unity

DJ-Pfulio DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
Mon Apr 10 19:24:41 EDT 2017


openbox has a config file.  I have about 15 programs launched using
accel keys.  http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Bindings

I'm anti-bloat.

On 04/10/2017 06:50 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 11:53:33 -0400
> DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> 
>  
>> I'll happily keep using my straight openbox setup. DEs aren't for me,
>> but it appears that others like them (or don't know any better).
> 
> Me too, except I added dmenu from Suckless Tools, so I can quickly run
> any executable straight from the keyboard a heck of a lot quicker than
> reaching for the mouse.
> 
> Dmenu is the great equalizer of GOSFUIs (Graphical OS Facing User
> Interface, which is the sum of all window managers and desktop
> environments). Add dmenu, via an easily accessible key combo, to any
> GOSFUI, and if you're anything of a touch typist you'll quickly forego
> your "old way" for running apps via dmenu. It can be added to any
> GOSFUI with facilities to run an arbitrary command with an arbitrary
> key combo, which means well over 90% of all GOSFUIs.
> 
> SteveT
> 
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