Kale, Ground Turkey, and Wild Rice

Daal Makkhani

X Window Manager Part 1 – Hello XCB

Minimal X Install

Debian net install. Base system only.

# aptitude install xorg
$ startx

Hello XCB

# aptitude install build-essential libx11-dev libxcb1-dev

Debian 6 Install Log Redux

System Install

[Configure Wifi]

# aptitude update
# aptitude install debian-multimedia-keyring
# aptitude update

# aptitude install sudo
# visudo

# aptitude install xorg openbox obconf menu

Add the following to ~/.xinitrc

exec openbox-session

$ startx

Appearance

# aptitude install gtk-theme-switch gtk2-engines

Use the gtk-theme-switch2 application to switch the GTK+ theme.

cp /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml