FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Forum rules
The releases are not supported anymore. You can install and upgrade, but if you break it you are on your own.
pidsley
Hermit
Posts: 2539
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:31 pm

FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by pidsley » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:24 pm

It has been cold and rainy here for several days, so I had time to finish my latest release. "Zijwaarts" is Sideways revisited, based on the Spring rev iso upgraded to the 3.14-1 towo 686 kernel, and including the wmx window manager in addition to wm2 and flwm.

Notable features:

* All three window managers have been reconfigured and rebuilt
* Source code, build tools, and libraries are included for all three window managers
* Browsers are w3m, netsurf, and firefox 28
* File managers are mc, ranger, and pcmanfm
* Editors are nano, vim, and leafpad
* weechat is added as an alternate IRC client
* Music players are mocp and cmus
* osd-status script is updated to show song playing in mocp or cmus
* soma fm playlist is included for mocp and cmus (in ~/music)
* man page reader is modified to display README files for wmx and wm2 (they have no man page)
* bbqlogin is modified so you do not have to log out to switch window managers
* bbqlogin runs only on tty1; switch to any other tty for a plain console login

xbindkeys provides consistent keybinds:

ctrl+alt+enter starts a terminal
ctrl+alt+s shows osd-status
ctrl+alt+backspace kills X

alt+F1 runs bbq 9menu
alt+F2 runs user 9menu
alt+F3 runs dmenu
alt+F4 displays window manager docs

See ~/.xbindkeysrc for more keybinds. Read the wm documentation!

Download link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbb ... o/download
f9703a223fed9f851b95db51db87e2be linuxbbq-zijwaarts.iso

Image Image

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5878
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release Notes

Unread post by GekkoP » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:30 pm

Right now that I'll be afk for a while? You're really a bad man! ;)

User avatar
bones
Clooney
Posts: 2385
Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:47 pm
Location: Cascadia

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release Notes

Unread post by bones » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:32 pm

Excellent, will grab this one later today.

pidsley
Hermit
Posts: 2539
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:31 pm

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release Notes

Unread post by pidsley » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:33 pm

Sorry GekkoP. It will still be here when you get back. ;)

User avatar
ivanovnegro
Minister of Truth
Posts: 5449
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:12 pm

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release Notes

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:44 pm

Fantastic Pid!

User avatar
bones
Clooney
Posts: 2385
Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:47 pm
Location: Cascadia

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by bones » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:41 pm

Hahaha:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zijwaarts

Downloading now...

User avatar
dkeg
Configurator
Posts: 3782
Joined: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:23 pm
Location: Mid-Atlantic Grill

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by dkeg » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:57 pm

Looks to really be a nice release. Well thought out and crafted with a little extra (well, lotta extra) sprinkle of pidsley goodness for good measure. Nice work!

Work hard; Complain less

pidsley
Hermit
Posts: 2539
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:31 pm

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by pidsley » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:59 pm

^ Thanks. And thank you again for the xcolors.

User avatar
vic
Godot
Posts: 2117
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:11 am
Location: /bin

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by vic » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:26 pm

Looks really cool, will have a look at it during the weekend.

User avatar
rhowaldt
Dog
Posts: 4565
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:01 am
Contact:

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by rhowaldt » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:21 am

proper name pids :)
All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.

User avatar
wuxmedia
Grasshopper
Posts: 6454
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:32 am
Location: Back in Blighty
Contact:

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by wuxmedia » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:54 am

Again, beautiful future retro looks, Pids.
And great list of apps, and it doesn't weigh in at 1GB... 8)
"Seek, and Ye shall find"
"Github | Chooons | Site"

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5878
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by GekkoP » Tue May 13, 2014 1:29 pm

Live looks good, I'll install it asap and play with it a bit more.

pidsley
Hermit
Posts: 2539
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:31 pm

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by pidsley » Wed May 14, 2014 12:48 am

Thanks for testing. Please let me know how the install goes.

User avatar
GekkoP
Emacs Sancho Panza
Posts: 5878
Joined: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:05 am

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by GekkoP » Fri May 16, 2014 2:35 pm

Image

Installation went smoothly. Everything's fine and ready to go. Finally a chance for me to test wmx. :)

Oh, by the way, thanks for using my wallpaper as grub background image.

machinebacon
Baconator
Posts: 10253
Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:03 am
Location: Pfälzerwald
Contact:

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by machinebacon » Fri May 30, 2014 6:15 pm

Congratulations! Zijwaarts is featured Release Of The Month June 2014 at linuxbbq.org :)
..gnutella..

pidsley
Hermit
Posts: 2539
Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:31 pm

Re: FLWM/WM2/WMX: Zijwaarts (686) Release News

Unread post by pidsley » Fri May 30, 2014 7:27 pm

^ Thank you! I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.

Post Reply