2. About fluxbox

2.1. Development

Development is carried out at http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/. Mailing List is also available.

2.2. Special Features

fluxbox is developed from Blackbox-0.61.1. Consequently it has many common features with Blackbox. Most of the themes (called as "style") for Blackbox can be used without any modification. [1]

Special features is that for each window there is a tab which can arrange multiple windows. (in the similar sense as in "tab-enabled" browsers like galen and mozilla). It can be done between different applications.

Tab enabled ScreenShot

Figure 1. Tab enabled ScreenShot

Dock applets, common between Afterstep and Window Maker, can be used and stored in slit.

I heard it also can be used along with KDE.

2.3. Other functions

  • If a wheelmouse is used, turning wheel switches between workspaces.

  • Alt + left click drags window and change its location in the monitor screen.

  • Alt + pressing right button mouse drag resizes window size.

2.4. Reference Books



[1] Actually, some alteration is necessary for proper font settings. fluxbox in Momonga Linux has been crafted to handle conversions. For further details, refer to fluxbox.spec..