HD Install :: start apps at boot?

Here. You're lucky the Lakers are blowing out the Nuggets and AI was ejected. Otherwise, I wouldn't have looked. I don't know if it works with the version in the base, but it might with one(s) in MyDSL.

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APPLICATIONS SETTINGS
Sometimes, you want to force an application to have always the same dimensions, position, and other settings. It is now possible with the new window-submenu called 'Remember...'. Settings are saved in the ~/.fluxbox/apps file. You don't have to edit the file yourself as all manipulations can be done using the 'Remember...' submenu.

Workspace [0-N]
Force the workspace of the application to be the current one, even if you launch the application from another workspace.
Dimensions [Width Height]
Remember the current dimensions.
Position ([WINCENTER|CENTER|UPPERLEFT|UPPERRIGHT|LOWERLEFT|LOWERRIGHT]) [X Y]
Remember the current position. X and Y are relative to e.g. WINCENTER .
Shaded state [yes|no]
Remember the current shaded state.
Tab state [yes|no]
Remember the current tab state.
Decoration state [NONE|NORMAL|TOOL|TINY]
Remember the current decoration state.
Sticky state [yes|no]
Remember the current sticky state.
Jump to workspace [yes|no]
This one is only useful if 'Workspace' is set too. The workspace is changed to the workspace containing the application being launched.
Save settings on close [yes|no]
By default, application settings are not saved when a window is closed. Set this option if you want previous settings to be saved when the window is closed.

The apps-file also allows to specify applications that should be started on fluxbox start using [startup] (options) {application} lines . options could be used to specify the screen, not the workspace, on which the application should started. startup is not yet setable by menu.

http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man1/fluxbox.1.php

yea i looked everywhere and i cant find a remember submenu or an apps file in .fluxbox

if i upgrade my fluxbox in mydsl is it going to slow things down?

cuz if its going to be that big of a deal i will just manually open the files like i have been.

There is no apps file for DSL's version of fluxbox
Any of the fluxbox 0.9.x extensions will have support for it, although I believe you have to create the file yourself. One of these days I might make a 1.x version of the extension, but I haven't been very interested in Fluxbox lately.

The newer fluxbox is slower, but depending on your hardware it may not be noticeable. Newer pixmap themes and large background images take up a lot more ram, so that can be a factor as well.

This is going a little off topic but I think reducing bloat is worthy of discussing even when it applies to other operating systems...

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i can navigate the web, check my mail, and get homework done faster than i could with my other computer when i was running vista with an intel pentium dual @1.46 ghz and 1GB ram

You just need to learn how to set up Vista for better performance. When you have time, use Google to look up 'vista speed hacks' and you'll find plenty of tips for better performance. Most of them start with disabling Aero features (choose Vista Basic or Vista Standard), which really shouldn't be that bad on dual anything with RAM measured in GB.

I'm running Vista on a single core 1.4 ghz box with 768MB RAM (and video card with 512 MB RAM) just fine -- but I don't run any special effects, pretty spartan. Last person who asked me to check out a Vista laptop because it was running "slow" and draining her battery had a big fancy high-res 1.25 GB wallpaper and all kinds of special effects running. I scaled the wallpaper and turned off some effects and everything was okay again.

Many cases of "poor" performance are related to video-related bloat -- big fancy graphics, high resolution icons, etc. That's affected me using supposed low resource-oriented distros like Vector more than in Vista (one setting to manage in Vista versus editing menus to remove icons in Vector). YMMV. At least DSL lives up to the billing by keeping substance above style -- great for people who wanna get stuff done, maybe not so great for people more interested in eye candy.

Speaking of which, if you can live with screen blanking and not the intensive graphics of xscreensaver, I submitted slock to testing a couple months ago. It blanks the screen -- not fancy, but it works. You type your password (set one if you haven't already) without any console feedback; if it's good you resume X, if you fail it beeps and you're locked out. Neither xscreensaver nor slock is a security feature -- ctrl-alt-backspace kills X and takes you to console. Then it's just a matter of "startx" and anyone has access to your X session (dittos for full control of the system in the console since dsl has full root privileges via sudo without any need for password -- something I always change on hard drive installs).

yea your probly right about the visual effects being what caused my vista to run slow, and i may have been exagerating a little, but it really is amazing how smooth and fast dsl is on my old machine. Also with the fluxbox window manager dsl can look pretty spiffy without it noticably slowing my stuff down

anyway i have already ditched vista on my new computer and installed ubuntu over it, just because of all the problems vista gave me. I had the computer for about 2 months before i installed ubuntu and in that 2 months i had to run system restore 3 times.

and with ubuntu i can have far better visual effects with compiz fusion than vista offers and it doesnt slow my computer down in the least bit, not to mention that i have been runing it for about 4 or 5 months now without any problems!
( id say the only downside of not running windows would be the fact that most good video games that come out are designed for windows)

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