MX Fluxbox Screenshots

[Jerry3904]

Very handsome! One of the main attractions of MXFB for me is that the user has nearly complete control.

[wdscharff]

Current desktop in constant progress


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[Jerry3904]

Very nice--love the exit-actions bar!

[AA BB]

One of the main attractions of MXFB for me is that the user has nearly complete control.

AMEN Jerry !!

MXFB is the best user interface I've ever used, I personally have no need for MX XFCE anymore.

Can MXFB replace MX 100% or is FB set up so that it must have XFCE in the background ?

The MXFB team has puts lots of development effort into FB, IMHO this team should consider copyrighting MXFB so that big, for-profit corporations can`t snatch it away under the guise of it being in the 'public domain'

[Jerry3904]

MXFB needs Xfce beneath it, with which it is "completely integrated"

[ceeslans]

Hmmmm... MXFB may well need Xfce beneath it - but it is definitely possible to remove Xfce, including most of its components and applications. I have done so - if only to see how 'lean & mean' MX-fluxbox could get.
Replaced Thunar for Xfe, xfce4-terminal for roxTerm, xfce4-screenshooter for antiX-screenshot, xfce4-appfinder for fbmenugen, and xfce4-notify for dunst, just to name a few. With it, most of Xfce's core components could be removed. I kept some specific Xfce core components installed, like exo-utils, which automatically draw in a number of xfce4 dependencies, such as libxfce4util,libxfce4ui, xfconf and related libs. Most of the MX-tools can still be used (only MX-Tweak is really skinny now,,,).
Ultimately I ended up with fluxbox running as default/single session. Right now, the system (with 1-2 scripted conky's running) idles at approx 240-250 mb at bootup, Not bad for an amd64 system with 6gb ram...
Still, I must agree with Jerry that MXFB in its released form needs Xfce as its solid base. MXFB's jewel shines because of the Xfce integration. And I would certainly advise NOT to start hacking away, as you may easily end up with a broken system...

[PPC]

Yes, this is pure MXFB 18.3 , without any dock, just idesk running...

[ceeslans]

my July screenshot.
Am running an mx-dock from startup for the first time :)
It does consume an additional ~30mb.... (but hey, the system can handle that)
note the customized icons - and the non-default background/border colors (using #151515 color) of the dock.

[Jerry3904]

Great treatment of the dock, glad to see you using it. And what a nice "Exit" icon...

[andyprough]

my July screenshot.
Am running an mx-dock from startup for the first time :)
It does consume an additional ~30mb.... (but hey, the system can handle that)
note the customized icons - and the non-default background/border colors (using #151515 color) of the dock.

Wow, that's really good looking. You could put that up against any major bloated desktop for good looks.