Openstudio Project
Summary
Fluxbox
Openstudio metapackage for installing Fluxbox Window Manager.

This metapackage will install fluxbox WM and filebrowser thunar. If you don't want to have thunar, don't install this package and do 'sudo apt-get install fluxbox'.

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Conky
highly configurable system monitor (transitional package)
Maintainer: Vincent Cheng
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Conky is a system monitor that can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Conky has many built-in objects, as well as the ability to execute external programs or scripts (either external or through built-in lua support).

This is a dummy package to ease transition to the new packaging scheme. It may be safely removed after upgrade/installation.

Dwm-tools
simple commands for minimalistic window managers (transitional package)
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Package to ease upgrading from older dwm-tools packages to the new suckless-tools package.

This package can be purged at anytime once the suckless-tools package has been installed.

Fbdesk
desktop icons for window managers
Maintainer: Jari Aalto
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interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeutility
uitoolkitxlib
x11applet
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fbdesk, originally for fluxbox WM, manages shortcut icons on the desktop. The program can be used in companion with any Window Manager (WM) that does not support icons.

Fluxbox
Highly configurable and low resource X11 Window manager
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Debtags of package fluxbox:
interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeutility
uitoolkitgtk
x11window-manager
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Fairly similar to blackbox, from which it is derived, but has been extended with features such as pwm-style window tabs, configurable key bindings, toolbar, and an iconbar. It also includes some cosmetic fixes over blackbox.

This package contains support for GNOME and KDE.

The package is enhanced by the following packages: wm-icons
Gtk-theme-switch
GTK+ theme switching utility
Maintainer: Marius Gavrilescu
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interfacex11
roleprogram
uitoolkitgtk
useconfiguring, downloading, viewing
works-witharchive, image
works-with-formattar
x11application, theme
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Utilities to easily switch GTK+ themes that can be run from the console, and has an optional GUI dock and theme preview. It can install themes downloaded from gtk.themes.org as well straight from the tarball.

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Idesk
program to show icons on the desktop
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scopeutility
uitoolkitxlib
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Idesk displays icons with a short description on the desktop and gives shortcuts to launch any X app.

The icons can be resized, use tooltip and has transparency with other nice image effects. It can use many images types formats how PNG, JPG, GIF, XPM, etc. Idesk also allows the binding of different actions to every mouse button.

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0.7.5-5http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshots/i/idesk/14038_large.png
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Menu
generates programs menu for all menu-aware applications
Maintainer: Bill Allombert
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suitedebian
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Debian menu keeps transparently the menus in the different window-managers in sync with the list of installed programs.

Debian menu relies on a list of menu entries provided by programs and a list of menu-methods provided by window-managers and other menu-aware applications.

Menu provides system-level and user-level configuration and overrides for both menu entries and menu-methods.

Nitrogen
wallpaper browser and changing utility for X
Maintainer: Nico Golde
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nitrogen is a graphical wallpaper utility that can be used in two modes, browser and recall. Some of the things to look for in nitrogen are:

  • Multihead and Xinerama support (setting different wallpapers for each monitor)
  • Recall mode to restore wallpapers via startup script
  • Uses freedesktop.org standard for thumbnails
  • Can set GNOME background
  • Command line set modes for script usage
  • Inotify monitoring of browsed directories
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1.5.2-2http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshots/n/nitrogen/12831_large.png
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Thunar
File Manager for Xfce
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interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeapplication
suitexfce
uitoolkitgtk
useorganizing, searching
works-withfile
x11application
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Thunar is the file manager designed to be the default file manager for the Xfce desktop environment. It has been designed to be fast and easy to use.

Also included is an Xfce panel plugin which can manage the desktop trash.

The package is enhanced by the following packages: phatch
Wmctrl
control an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager
Maintainer: Jeroen Schot
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squeeze1.07-6amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc
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Wmctrl is a command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager (examples include Enlightenment, icewm, kwin, metacity, and sawfish).

Wmctrl provides command line access to almost all the features defined in the EWMH specification. For example it can maximize windows, make them sticky, set them to be always on top. It can switch and resize desktops and perform many other useful operations.

Xfce4-power-manager
power manager for Xfce desktop
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adminpower-management
hardwarelaptop, power
interfacex11
roleprogram
suitexfce
uitoolkitgtk
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This power manager for the Xfce desktop enables laptop users to set up a power profile for two different modes "on battery power" and "on ac power" while still allowing desktop users to at least change the DPMS settings and CPU frequency using the settings dialogue..

It features:

  • battery monitoring
  • cpu frequency settings
  • monitor DPMS settings
  • suspend/Hibernate
  • LCD brightness control
  • Lid, sleep and power switches control
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