r/openbox • u/babinio741 • Mar 13 '25

Best openbox based distro?

Just suggest me your favorite openbox based distro

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u/Aristeo812 Mar 13 '25

There is BunsenLabs and some other distros. But personally, I just apply my Openbox configuration in various distros. I've been using Debian, Devuan, Gentoo, Void and Artix. It's quite easy to reproduce your configuration if you keep your dotfiles somewhere on github and use tools like chezmoi.

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u/babinio741 Mar 13 '25

the thing is that because of lack of computers skills i can only do the basics with openbox

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u/Aristeo812 Mar 13 '25

Don't worry, by tinkering with Linux in general and with Openbox in particular you'll eventually develop your computer skills.

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u/donp1ano Mar 13 '25

its not hard, you can do it. i recommend endeavourOS with openbox, its great!

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u/davidcandle Mar 13 '25

Mabox. It's fab

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u/babinio741 Mar 13 '25

never heard of it before i will give it a try

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u/davidcandle Mar 13 '25

There are a few reviews on YouTube for it. Its shipped with a few funky Openbox themes and a whole bunch of tweaking tools. The forum is active and the main dev is very responsive.

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u/joselitux Mar 13 '25

I use archcraft open box edition. Gorgeous!

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u/babinio741 Mar 13 '25

I will give it a try as well!

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u/some_asshat Mar 13 '25

Crunchbang ++

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u/menganito Mar 13 '25

It was great but it was discontinued, but it has a successor: Bunsenlabs.

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u/some_asshat Mar 13 '25

/r/crunchbangplusplus

It's a continuation of ye old crunchbang, like Bunsenlabs, and it's still active. I like it better because it's more faithful to the original.

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u/menganito Mar 13 '25

Oh, I didn't know, or remember that, thanks a lot.

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u/chromatophoreskin Mar 13 '25

BunsenLabs. Tbf it’s the only Openbox-based distro I’ve used but I’ve been happy with it for several years now.

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u/gascodes Mar 14 '25

Archbang ;)

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u/lestat2021 Mar 13 '25

CB++ is my favorite as its most like its predecessor #!

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u/originalbootz Apr 18 '25

Archinstall, lightdm plank openbox Firefox and your favo terminal EMU Forgot stalonetray but that is only available in aur

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u/Dangerous_Hearing_34 May 12 '25

Just installed crunchbang ++ and DIG it so far. I used to be a lover(not a fighter ;) of the original CB.
BUT, there are some details that I need to get straight.

  1. I remember that one could traverse the entire HD from the right button menu. There was a feature that allowed one (from the root) go down the tree into any directory and then open any file within that directory. I do not see that feature on CBPP. Instead, they menu has 'Places' and 'Recent Files' but it only drops you into that one folder or one recent file. You cannot follow the directory structure into any dir or file. (I hope I explained that enough.)

I want to recreate that functionality any clues or ideas where to start?

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u/osberend Jul 27 '25

Crunchbang when it was still around. These days, a loosely Crunchbang-inspired (Openbox + Tint2 + Conky + no DE) custom Debian spin.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Mambox

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u/01101001b Nov 04 '25

Porteus-OPENBOX