ROX Desktop Environment

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: ROX Desktop Environment
started by: Curious1

Posted by Curious1 on July 16 2005,05:10

Is anyone interested in helping construct an extension for the ROX Desktop Environment. It looks pretty slick yet practical at the same time (especially icon management) :cool:

. Any feedback would be great.

Thank You

Posted by Delboy on July 16 2005,08:57

A few of us have suggested this in past. It's reasonably small I believe. It would be great to have this option.

Posted by RoGuE_StreaK on July 16 2005,09:51

Rox already exists as an extension - it's in the mydsl repository under "apps".

Posted by Curious1 on July 16 2005,17:49

Not the desktop environment though.

Posted by struppi on July 18 2005,14:16

there is the desktop enviroment!

install the rox-extension and use rox-filer to browse the rox-directory. look for a green-marked "rox"-file, right-click it and look for an option like "enable pinboard". (the "pinboard" is the rox-desktop). i'm not running dsl at the moment, so i can't give you exact instructions.

you can also download the binary-tar from the rox homepage, it is possible to install it to a dsl live-cd session!

Posted by cbagger01 on July 18 2005,20:18

In fact, the Rox binary tar package and custom install script happens to be the first user contributed downloadable extension for the DSL livecd. It even predates the creation of the vastly superior myDSL system itself.

Posted by Curious1 on July 18 2005,21:46

I did what struppi said but all I got was an icon with a blue folder that says home. I can right click on it to access the ROX-Filer options but that's about it. What do I do from here?

P.S. I want more instructions on the ROX binary tar package and install scripts along with instructions on how I can install the whole thing to a live-cd session.
Thanks

Posted by cbagger01 on July 18 2005,22:05

For pinboard support, see this guide:

< http://rox.sourceforge.net/Manual/English/#id2785604 >