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Package uploaded to Debian, and a few oneiric builds into my PPA

Get it while it’s hot - report your bugs!

Howdy, folks!

Here’s what’s been going on in Fluxbox, and what’s coming up.

As you know, Fluxbox 1.3.1 has been out (and better then ever), and is up-to-date in Ubuntu and Debian. If you’ve not tried fluxbox in a while, perhaps it’s time to check it out again!

If you feel like checking out code, we have our main code branch at git.fluxbox.org, which is clone-able at git://git.fluxbox.org/fluxbox.git.

If being social is more your thing, we have a mirror set up on github, and even launchpad.

Not matter how you like it, we’ve got it mirrored!

The GSoC ended, and we have two really slick features coming up - composting (optional binary), and Lua scripting support. In fact, that lua development branch allows all fluxbox’s config files to be served up in Lua form! Awesome, I know!

If you feel like testing any of that, we have a PPA full of development builds. Bug reports super welcome!

We’ve applied for SPI membership, so we’ll be accepting donations there (providing we are accepted by the kind folks at SPI ) - SPI (as you know) plays host to Debian, PostgreSQL and ArchLinux (among others), so we’re super exited to become a part of that community.

Oh, and the new release (1.3.2) is coming out soon. Keep an eye out for it!

If you just want to hang out with other fluxers, feel free to stop by #fluxbox on irc.freenode.net.

See you soon!

Attention Fluxians! Still want to avoid using Unity? Well, c’mon over! New 1.3.0 release (hot off the presses!)

From the fluxbox.org website:

You did’nt see that coming, did you? Sat Feb 19 18:50:02 UTC 2011

Fluxbox 1.3 has arrived! A long long long time is over, and we finally decided to make a release.

* Added support for bidirectional text, #2801836.
* Allow to override 'Focus New Windows' via .fluxbox/apps
* New actions:
      o ActivateTab
      o ArrangeWindowsVertical
* New 'MoveN' and 'ClickN' action support for keys file
* New focus model 'StrictMouseFocus'. This will affect focus when closing, moving, lowering windows, changing desktops, etc, whereas the 'MouseFocus' model will only change focus when you move the mouse.
* New "background: unset" property for use in overlays.
* Allowing relative paths for background images in style files.
* Allowing matching screen number in ClientPattern.
* Removed rootcommand from init, as fbsetbg is run automatically nowadays.
* Removed line style resources from init file.

In any case, we hope to get more into the ‘flux’ way of doing things, aka release early and often. So, have fun with this release.

Personal note from Mathias: This one is dedicated to the first official ‘fluxbaby’ on the planet: my daughter Karo, born on 6th of November 2010. Which is, btw, the birthday of > Henrik as well :) The Fluxbox Team

Debian package hitting unstable soon! :)

Howdy, World!

In anticipation of the natty release, as well as squeeze, I’m putting out a blanket request for help with bug triage.

Help can be had with the fluxbox project in launchpad, ( or even with the ubuntu package bugs ).

QA and testing on fluxbox via git or the latest package in Debian unstable would really be useful. Try and break fluxbox!

If you have some serious bug chops, and wish to help, send me an email, and request to join fluxbox buggers.

Thanks, intertubers!

The Fluxbox crew ( ak|ra, really ) debugged and fixed a particularly nasty bug (#546707) that would cause system lockup for Fluxbox under nxserver.

Thanks, ak|ra! I’ll be uploading it to Debian ASAP :)

Hello, World! If you’re having issues with Mint Fluxbox menu stuff, check out this blog post here. Rock on!