OpenBSD 7.1 and the Calm Window Manager (CWM)

[@speedyfox9080]

I just want to say one thing: Thanks root. You introduced me to openbsd, you teached me most of the things I know. You are amazing. Keep up the good work!!

[@TheOpenBSDguy]

Nice setup, cwm is underrated

[@kylewillett9817]

Wow this is such a great video Root BSD, I just discovered you from Zaney's video about *BSD streamers. This was such a great video to watch with breakfast. Your speaking voice is so amazing too. 10/10!

[@ZaneyOG]

My setup at this point is aggressively over-the-top compared to yours. Just got done with a really long stream ricing my dwm / OpenBSD system. Part of that stream I discussed that I've made a #unixtube channel on the liberachat network and would love to have you there. I am a noob with IRC, but hope to see you around!

[@k9w944]

Great video on cwm!

[@root_dnb]

There will be more cwm content, this and the FreeBSD video were warm ups to get me back in the groove of making videos again.

[@k9w944]

@@root_dnb awesome! I’m looking forward to it. Take your time.

[@miyolinux]

I'm not currently using OpenBSD :( I do like a little transparency in my terminal. I added the following line to my picom.conf file in order to get transparency in xterm... opacity-rule = ["90:class_g*='XTerm'"]; Change 90 to whatever number you want for how much opacity you want. ;)

[@folkcloud5190]

very good work friend ♥

[@thedeeprot]

👍👍👍

[@starymarine]

6:42 - how did you make menu to show all added apps without typing? Also, is it assigned to pressing mouse button on background instead of keyboard shortcut? If so, how?

[@safi164]

I feel sooo calm

[@weirdweedle]

Love this young man🙂

[@ux7188]

A++

[@celestialbeing4767]

Ever thought about chopping it up with @Zaney? He's a fellow openbsd user currently.

[@Elhamidi0249]

Great (video)! Now that you've showed us your cwm ricing I look forward you doing next time with your new OpenBSD desktop. I'm also interested and curious if you can reproduce that same desktop on FreeBSD.

[@RAMJESHU]

NICE SHARE BRO

[@hakovatube]

Thank you for the video. I could not find your .cwmrc in your gitlab repository. Would you mind sharing it?

[@globetrotterdk]

What is this Wine alternative that you talk about - kanayafi, kanayafy? Is it only for games?

[@root_dnb]

fnaify, it's not a wine alternative, it's just a shell script that leverages mono and fna to run games built with the xna/dotnet framework.

[@godnyx117]

Thought on CWM vs DWM?

[@phonewithoutquestion80]

I know this is targeted at Root BSD, but thought I'd chip in since I also currently use CWM. If you're thinking of using the Calm Window Manager, it's far more workable out of the box than DWM. CWM is also made portable for Linux and can be built on both platforms without a problem. You get a multi-menu by default and a full set of keyboard driven window controls by default. No bar, which may be a draw for some but tbh I never use it because I find a system monitor in a separate group achieves the same goal. I said more usable out of the box, but it has the same issue as other WMs: the default keybindings are someone else's idea of sane defaults, so you may need to work on those. The manpage for the cwmrc file is straightforward and complete, so you'll find all the necessary settings there. Oh, and there's a very basic and crude fake tiling function. Not elegant but works fine as-is for me, I don't need a ton of layouts. DWM, not as usable out of the box, but for purists it doesn't need patching to be made workable. Problem is, you get no keyboard moving and resizing windows by default, which is a major advantage of the Calm Window Manager. Granted, many people still use the mouse for most things, but granular moving and resizing with the keyboard is FAR more comfortable than trying to nail the perfect ratios with a pointer. You get a bar, which I recommend sticking to because Polybar functionality is trial and error. You need to install a menu, like dmenu, but I recommend Rofi instead because it has window and workspace switching.

[@godnyx117]

@@phonewithoutquestion80 Brother, you did great for thinking to answer and thanks a lot for that! I actually had forget about CWM but after your comment, I'll give it a try! Thanks a lot and have an amazing day!

[@liquidmobius]

​@@godnyx117 ​​How was/is your experience with cwm/dwm? I prefer cwm on OpenBSD bc of its native development and security mitigations that integrate with OpenBSD. Dwm does not have the same security mitigations that cwm has on OpenBSD.

[@godnyx117]

@@liquidmobius Oh, I don't remember, there's been a lot of time since I last used OpenBSD. However, from what I remember, it was a pretty basic window manager. Basic, but cool ;)

[@asleeponmykeyboard3039]

Does using arm64 affect fnaify? can i still use the normal binary or do i need a arm specific binary to run the game?

[@k9w944]

You will almost certainly need an arm64 binary.

[@vehementham]

ctrl + alt + m for monicle. Why??? 3 keys for full screen.

[@EightSixx]

how do I install / start cwm?

[@root_dnb]

cwm is already apart of OpenBSD's base system, just put cwm in your .xsession or .xinitrc

[@eygs493]

Wtf is your problem