Looking for a certain OS
I've been learning about Linux recently and I had a friend with a nice OS (I believe that's what it's called) for Linux . Anyways, It has no icons, no toolbars and the background takes up the whole page until a command prompt goes upwards, but only one line up. I can't really explain because I am the very new at Linux and trying to learn. Could someone identify the OS he has?
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That must be the new system. My system has a card punch and reader.
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Maybe Arch Linux with Openbox?
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Hi: LinuxNoob2-:)
Did you by any chance get a look at the OS's DE? From your description it sounds like it might be Arch Linux. Aside from that w/o any icons, toolbars etc. it could be that your friend may have had the terminal open or was running his OS in console mode-- There is an amazing number of distributions so your description is hard to determine. You can benifit from viewing them at http://distrowatch.com/ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=arch http://distrowatch.com/table.php?dis...ion=elementary |
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In most cases, you can not tell what linux vesion is being used just from the desktop enviroment/window manager, as you can run almost all DEs/WMs on most linux distrobutions. It could well be openbox, like Ztcoracat and Sumguy have guessed, but there is no way of knowing which distro is being used. |
Another possibility: with some desktop environments, you can autohide the panels (the thin strips containing menus and icons at the top and/or bottom of the screen) so that they only show when the mouse-cursor is over them. See if you can get more information from your friend.
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To get a feeling how far you can go with customizing your desktop environment/window manager and what is possible you might want to have a look at the threads in the Linux - Screenshots subforum.
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I guess you could always just ask your friend.
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That said, what you saw appears to have been a command prompt. |
Anyway for your description that can be any OS using OpenBox windows manager. you can install OpenBox in the distro you are currently using and just log into it.
FluxBox is another windows manager you can use with lots of similarities to OpenBox you could also check out BlackBox. Perhaps you already have TWM in your computer you can log int to that Tell us what OS you are using and we can tell you how to get set up with one of these minimalist windows manager Good luck to you |
Wait! I'll bet the friend was running Xmonad as his DE! (Which can be run, as others have pointed out, under many different Linux distros).
OP, Google/Youtube "Xmonad" and see if that looks like what you saw....bet it is! |
I'm believe I'm going to learn and try to replicate this myself in arch...
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Good luck to you; LinuxNoob2 on whatever distribution you decide upon-
Still curious what distro this is that your friend is running. So; kindly, If you have time; ask your friend; share it with us so we can know what OS it is:- |
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Very Admirable. |
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