Openbox is a minimalistic, highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support. The *box visual style is well known for its minimalistic appearance.
Openbox Window Manager Getting started guide. This is a short introduction that is recommended reading material for people new to Openbox or upgrading from a previous version.
Openbox can run inside the GNOME, KDE, or LXDE desktop environments, giving you all the power and features of Openbox alongside everything these desktop environments have to offer. Options to run Openbox inside of these desktop environments are provided by default in the Session Type menu when logging in graphically, as seen in Figure 1.
How do I run Openbox across multiple X screens? In order to have Openbox manage multiple X screens (this is not the same as multi-monitor TwinView or Xinerama), you need to run an instance of Openbox directly on each screen. We've put work into making Openbox work well with other instances of itself, for this type of configuration.
Desktop Environments Openbox in GNOME Instructions for running Openbox in the GNOME desktop environment and getting things to work how you want. Openbox in KDE Instructions for running Openbox in K Desktop Environment. Openbox in XFCE Instructions for running Openbox in the XFCE desktop enviroment. Custom Desktop Environments openbox-session
Getting Started Start using Openbox Openbox gives you control without making you do everything. Add New Functionality Panels, Widgets, Desktops, Pagers, etc. Documentation Learn how to configure Openbox, edit your menus and much more. ObConf Openbox GTK configuration tool.
Application launching notification from Openbox menus Keyboard shortcuts in all menus Show hostname in the titlebar for remote clients Complete EWMH support (1.4-draft2) Laptop power friendly (support for user-time window property) Animated iconify and restore Support for applications from all desktops and toolkits Synchronized window resizing