@Jerry3904 - just an heads up- I found a small bug in a script that processes .desktop files (used in antiX) - descriptions of those files were localized only to language codes with 2 letters- ence, for example pt_BR (from Brazil) app descriptions did not show up, instead only "pt" (that equals pt_PT, from Portugal) descriptions where picked up. I fixed that in my antix script, but I'll have, probably over the week-end, try to do the same to the menu generator script... It's not a huge bug, but solving it may improve user experience for non English speaking folks...
About the "no sound" problem reported above- maybe the way to solve it could be in the download notes (it's not exactly a bug, but it may hinder user satisfaction).
Yesterday I explored a bit more the tint2 configs that come with b2... There are so many nice ideas... You could ask around if users would like some features on the default toolbar that are available on other docks... Like the "weather app"- it's very well implemented on a config [my take is not that handy- I use a "cloudy son" icon, right next to the systray- if I click there, a wttr.in terminal window pops open- this uses no extra resources (no script running to get the current weather- like some user said- "I don't need to look at the toolbar to know current the weather, I look out the window". Another great tint2 feature I love and always use is the window thumbnails in the taskbar- at least one vertical tint2 config uses this- I consider this one of the few eye candy options that I have available- as far I know it costs no system resources and makes the toolbar look and feel more modern and, sometimes, useful, making it easier to find some windows at a glance.
A tint2 config also had something I thought was missing from MXFB betas- rofi launcher!- this is such a fast and usefull tool that I have it linked to a "magnifying glass" icon near my menu button- left click to start the app finder script, right click to start the file finder script:
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xdg-open "$(locate home media /usr/share/icons/ | rofi -threads 0 -dmenu -i -p "")"
(the /usr/share/icons part I added to help me locate icons when I was setting up my system)
I also have some other tweaks I use on my tint2 toolbar, but they are a bit too extreme for MXFB- with one exception- my script to display CPU and RAM on the toolbar- having that there is more accessible than a Conky- at saves a little RAM too (also can show disk space, but that is comment out) [note that I'm way from my MXFB computer, this code may have to be adapted to work in MXFB beta2]:
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#!/bin/bash
read cpu a b c previdle rest < /proc/stat
prevtotal=$((a+b+c+previdle))
sleep 1.5
read cpu a b c idle rest < /proc/stat
total=$((a+b+c+idle))
cpu=$((100*( (total-prevtotal) - (idle-previdle) ) / (total-prevtotal) ))
mem=`free | awk '/Mem/ {printf "%d MB\n", $3 / 1024.0, $2 / 1024.0 }'`
disk=$(df / |cut -d' ' -f11 |tail -1)
#UnComment to show CPU icon (and if doing so, comment the "echo" line:
#Please note an "echo" line here allows to be displayed, next to it, more than one line, piled horizontally
#echo /usr/share/icons/papirus-antix/24x24/panel/indicator-sensors-cpu.png
echo
#UnComment to show CPU usage (in percetage):
echo "CPU $cpu%"
#UnComment to show available RAM:
echo "RAM $mem"
#UnComment to show available disk space in home:
# echo " / $disk"
This are some of my suggestions, maybe you think some can be useful on the default (or on default) tint2 toolbar...
Comments: I loved the left click/right click on clock option- having an alarm handy may be useful- it saves users from having to set it on a phone.
I tried out compton for the very first time on VB yesterday- it worked great, making the default conky transparent- one suggestion isn't pycom lighter?
PS:
To the user that suggested using spacefm as default file manager- it's a great FM- I've been using it for years, in antiX, but it's no longer being actively developed- an antiX forum user called Skidoo forked it, and solved some bugs, made it much lighter- it's called "zzzfm", and you can find it's .deb file in the antiX forum (there are 32/64 bits versions and GTK2/3 versions).