So, I’m a huge fan of the Openbox window manager and the Tint2 panel working together as a pseudo desktop environment. However, I’ve recently discovered that the developer of Tint2 has announced that development has ceased. While it’s possible someone else might fork the app and continue development, I want to start planning in case that doesn’t happen.
I’ve used XFCE in the past, many moons ago, and while it’s not Openbox and Tint2, I could use it. One thing I do not like about XFCE is the way workspaces are displayed in the panel. I want to know what I’ve opened on a workspace without having to navigate to it. Tint2 does that, which is why I love it so much.
Does anyone know if workspaces displayed on the XFCE panel can be made to look like workspaces on Tint2?
I’ve been using openbox without any panel for over a year now and really don’t miss it at all. I just use plank as a dock/panel and it works for me just fine.
I would dearly miss Tint2 if it goes away. I was smitten with it when I first encountered it under the now defunct Crunchbang Linux distribution. I’ve used it ever since along with the Openbox window manager.
Plank is a dock. I’m not interested in a dock at all.
As far as I can see that is exactly like a default Plasma panel would look like (or at least very much), if you hover over the highlighted icon you would get a preview window. Or maybe I understand this wrong ?
There are other panels like polybar that you could use as well with openbox. But as far as your quesiton yes. XFCE panel shows the work spaces on the panel.
Also it may be possible to use the XFCE panel in openbox.
No, those icons are running applications. Close the application and the icon goes away. You can also move a running application from one workspace to another via drag and drop.
The closest you can get is to have the taskbar show applications from all desktops; but they won’t be organized by desktop the way tint2 does it. Click on an open application and you will warp to the desktop unless the window was iconified, then it is raised on the current desktop.
Pehaps both of them can be used at the same time.
Xfdashboard is for finding your open apps quickly.
ÍEdit2:
Re I found SalixOS not super interesting. Had difficulties to find a mirror to update.
What a strange coincidence Window Buttons and not menu is in its panel.
I use the Workspace Switcher. It not only shows my all the open apps, but I can drag/drop them to another workspace. Here’s what mine looks like (most of my windows are maximized):
Workspace Switcher…is that the same as the workspace changer that vazicebon mentioned? If so, from my memory of using Linux desktops, the workspace changer doesn’t really show what apps are opened. You see rectangles indicating that something is open, but you don’t know what it is until you switch to the workspace.
I need to install something with XFCE in a virtual machine and play around with it. I’ve been thinking about possibly using SalixOS in the future, so now is probably a good time to install the OS in a virtual machine and play around with it since it comes with XFCE by default.
