What is Fluxbox?
Q: What is Fluxbox?
A: Fluxbox is an X window manager based on Blackbox 0.61.1 that tries to be lightweight and customizable.
Q: What does the user interface of Fluxbox consist of?
A: The user interface of Fluxbox consists of a taskbar and a menu that can be accessed by right-clicking on the desktop.
Q: How are basic settings in Fluxbox controlled?
A: All basic settings in Fluxbox are controlled by text files.
Q: What kind of eye candy can be shown with Fluxbox?
A: With Fluxbox, colors, gradients, borders, and other basic appearance settings can be changed. Additionally, effects managers such as Xcompmgr and transset-df can add true transparency to desktop elements and windows.
Q: Are there any features in Fluxbox that BlackBox does not have?
A: Yes, there are several features in flux box that BlackBox does not have including tabbed windows and a configurable titlebar.
Q: Is it popular for use in Live CDs?
A: Yes, due to its small memory use and quick loading time, FluxBox is popular for use in many Live CDs such as Knoppix STD and GParted.
Q: Are there any Linux distributions which use it as their default window manager?
A:Yes, it is currently the default window manager for antiX Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine , PCFluxbouxOS , a remaster of PCLinuxOS , LinguasOS , a Live CD distribution for professional translators ,and was previously used as the default window manager for Damn Small Linux before being replaced with JWM after version 4 .0 . It is also used by the Linux distribution called "Fluxbuntu" which combines Ubuntu with flux box and lightweight applications .
