XMONAD: Dominator i686 Release News

[machinebacon]

This release dominates your ass! Dominator is coming with the new 3.10-4 siduction kernel and featuring the xmonad window manager. All build tools are included. If you have enough of lua and find xml too primitive, dig into haskell!

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The following apps are included by default

Network:
surf            browser (ctrl + g to open address bar)
roaster         browser
xlinks2         browser, also for cli
filezilla       ftp client
ceni            cli app to set up network, start from terminal

Editors:
cream           frontend for vi
emacs           kitchen sink
leafpad         simple editor
bbqeditor       bbq standard editor
mcedit          part of midnight commander
xwpe            programming environment
nano            simple cli editor

File Management:
pcmanfm         GUI file manager
mc              traditional two pane file manager for the terminal
ranger          browse through files quickly

Media:
deadbeef        GUI music player
mplayer2        media player backend
mpg123          simple mp3 player
bbqradio(-gui)  BBQ radio player

Application Shortcuts:
Ctrl + F1       open surf
Ctrl + F2       open cream
Ctrl - F3       open emacs
Ctrl + F4       open deadbeef
Ctrl + F5       open pcmanfm

please also cat ~/.xbindkeysrc for other keybinds
xmonad config lives in ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
remember to xmonad --recompile after changing it
xmobar is installed and started by default
refer to the manpages and also check ~/.xmobarrc 

for developers, git and automake are installed

http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxbbq/files/XMonad/

[machinebacon]

Please read this:

The xmobar package is installed and started, to show how/that it works, but it is your job to make it look and feel like you want.

Please #comment the line that starts xmobar in .xinitrc, because else it happens that xmonad doesn't react anymore - in this case, switch to tty3 and kill xmobar. Usually xmonad pipes xmobar using a Hook in xmonad.hs and this should be enough to get it started.

[dkeg]

heard lots of good stuff around xmonad, but could never really get it going.

on a different note, thanks for cream. Never heard of it before.

[DebianJoe]

I could have sworn I saw a "Please wait 90 minutes before downloading." It's good to know you're thinking of me, dear Jules. ;)

Downloading now (and I actually read your notes this time...feel flattered.)

...a few short minutes later. Dominator on little-bitty screen.
Pretty cool, and with all of those nice little "how-to so stuffs" everywhere.

[machinebacon]

^ Yes, I thought of you when I posted the "wait 90 minutes"
Thanks for reading the sparse documentation.

XMonad is really perfect for small screens, I run it on my netbook (if not in CLIt) and it uses the screen perfectly (no xmobar there)

Have fun being dominated (by haskell, that is)

And yes, emacs is included just for you ;)

[ivanovnegro]

Wow, a bad ass release, fuck, how cool, with the shit of MonadX!

And yes, thanks for cream Bacon!

[DebianJoe]

I appreciate that you included emacs just for me. It makes me feel special, like a snowflake.

I'm going to have to put myself in your shoes a bit and use vim a bit more. I tried "vim ~/README" and then used ":%s/trollinger/dominator/g"...and BAM, totally made the thing make sense. :D

This is really a great little distrolet. You should be proud of it.

[machinebacon]

Haha, it mentions Trollinger because it's the base from which it has arisen into new gloryhole.

Thanks for the praise, let's keep it rocking. Stll, the "Rant" edition is waiting ;)

[DebianJoe]

I think this release is the first time anyone here mentioned cream. It's really enjoyable (once you find the "expert mode" toggle), so thanks for that.

[wuxmedia]

who doesn't like cream - yumm

[dkeg]

I think this release is the first time anyone here mentioned cream. It's really enjoyable (once you find the "expert mode" toggle), so thanks for that.

Found that out too, would think that be defaults. Anyway, been using at work too. Funny the reactions I get when I hook up to projecter or have meetings with others. but while they have to ctrl-f, clicky, clicky, to search, I'm like /, n, n, enter, BAM.