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wattOS R10 / Ricing Microwatt?
« on: May 21, 2017, 07:22:49 PM »
Hi,

I am looking for ricing advice. I have a new MicrowattOS R10 install on a laptop with an i7 processor, so it isn't because I don't have enough processor power or ram. I installed Microwatt because it is a solid, stable system with i3wm. There are things that I would like to do to make this system more like PeppermintOS or BunsenLabs. In otherwords, not just changing the desktop picture and maybe adding Conky (though I plan on doing that). I would like to change the file manager among other things (thinking of Nemo or Caja), but feh would still have the desktop. Other things are possible as well, that is why I am looking for suggestion and advice. I use the laptop for music creation/production (mainly MuseScore, LMMS, Frescobaldi and Rosegarden). I would also like to use the machine as a bit of an advertisement for creative types that I come in contact with that otherwise usually use Mac. That doesn't mean that I want it to look like a Mac however. I want to make it user friendly and appealing in an alternative way. Any suggestions, or advice? Thanks.

There are most certainly follow-up questions that will pop up, as I (for example) have never swapped the default file manager on a stock install.

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wattOS of any other flavor / Re: Microwatt R10, Ubuntu Studio and bspwm autostart.
« on: May 11, 2017, 01:31:40 PM »
OK, this should have been obvious. Add the code to the beginning of the bspwmrc file. I guess I have been concentrating too much on learning Rosegarden to notice.

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wattOS of any other flavor / (Solved) Microwatt R10, Ubuntu Studio and bspwm autostart.
« on: May 11, 2017, 10:09:30 AM »
I have rolled my own version of Ubuntu Studio, using Microwatt R10 as a base and then adding the Ubuntu Studio programs that I need , as well as a low latency kernel, and last but not least, the bspwm window manager. Unfortunately, I have run into a problem with using the bspwm autostart file to start things like nm-applet, clipit, dropbox, etc. I have used the correct syntax in the autostart file, but nothing starts at boot. Anyone familiar with bspwm and can tell me why this isn't working?
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clipit &
dropbox start -i &
insync start &
feh --bg-scale /usr/share/backgrounds/mate/nature/Dune.jpg &I can recommend bspwm as an alternative to i3 for Microwatt versions in the future...

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Linux and desktops / Re: Spectrwm with Microwatt r10-how to change default dmenu and terminal keybindings
« on: May 03, 2017, 10:52:07 AM »
Should anyone be interested, I am including my commented configuration file and script in this thread. My configuration file is from an Ubuntu MATE 16.10 install with i3 and spectrwm installed on the side. The script comes from the same system, which is my main system these days. The .spectrwm file sits in the "~/ " folder. I have added comments in that file as to how to create the script and where it resides on the system.

All I need now is some sort of system tray that plays nice with spectrwm and displays applets.

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Linux and desktops / Re: Spectrwm with Microwatt r10-how to change default dmenu and terminal keybindings
« on: May 03, 2017, 09:32:34 AM »
Well, it is a pleasure to be able to answer my own posting :) The answer is to add the two following lines in the spectrwm.conf file:

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# Change default key binding for Dmenu
bind[menu] = MOD+d

# Change default key binding to start a terminal window
bind[term] = MOD+Return

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Linux and desktops / Spectrwm with Microwatt r10-how to change default dmenu and terminal keybindings
« on: May 02, 2017, 11:16:20 PM »
I am experimenting with Microwatt r10 on a netbook (X86_64) with little overhead. The ultimate goal will be to strip out i3 once I get everything working with spectrwm. That will not be yet however, as I have run into what is for me an irritating issue. I am building my .spectrwm.conf along similar keybindings to i3, but the dmenu and terminal keybindings appear to be either hard coded or in another configuration file. I want dmenu to start with MOD4+d and the terminal with MOD4+Return. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Spectrwm insists on dmenu to use MOD(4)+p and the terminal MOD(4)+Shift+Return. I have tried to add a "dmenu_run" to the config file, but it seems to get in the way of the dmenu_bar...

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Introductions / Hello from Copenhagen.
« on: May 02, 2017, 10:58:53 PM »
Glad to finally be on the forum. I have Microwatt r10 installed on a couple of netbook computers - an EeePC Seashell and an Acer Aspire One 725 with an AMD processor. I have also started using i3wm on a couple of other computers with Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Studio installs. I am even experimenting with spectrwm on a couple of computers. Unfortunately, I have experienced problems installing Microwatt r10 on one computer, even when booting in legacy mode. I was able to get around the problem on my two netbooks by connecting a USB CD/DVD drive and burning a CD.

I really like the idea of Microwatt. The only thing I would change is adding a bit more eye candy. Thanks for all the effort put into this project, which I was recommended on the Peppermint OS forum.

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