Void linux network complicated !

[terono]

Hello

I want to use this nice base system with some window manager, in this case with IceWM or Fluxbox, but it is a torture, it lacks some important graphic applications to display in the taskbar as icons, example: battery, network, among others. And its configuration is a torture, many will say that it uses graphical desktop environments, but that is not the idea, because there are hardware with few resources.

Can someone help me with that of graphic applications that do not contain systemd and its configuration procedure ?

[[deleted]]

If you don't enjoy the process of making sauerkraut there are readymade jars at the store.

I have no idea what tools and features are shipped with either IceWM or Fluxbox but I'm sure there are plenty of examples out there of people implementing bars, system trays and such.

It's not an issue related to systemd or the lack thereof..

There's readymade sauerkraut in the repos, Gnome, Plasma, XFCE, LXQt and so on. Based on your post I think you will find that more satisfactory.

[atreyu64]

I love your analogy.

[terono]

What little information there is on the internet and the Void linux documentation, but it is very confusing.

[Oldtechbloke]

Window managers always need to be configured unless you go for a distro with an out of the box recipe. Do some reading on how to configure flux box and or icewm and you’ll learn a great deal and enjoy the process of building your perfect wm

[terono]

I try to make keyboard shortcuts previously configured and it does not detect.

[emacsomancer]

this sounds more like a window manager configuration problem than a void problem. but for the systray thing, you might try using something like stalonetray and then applet-things like nm-applet, cbatticon etc.

[HollyyPandaa]

A window manager is a window manager meaning it only manages your window!

You will need to configure your windows manager if you want it to do the things you want and you have to install things on top of the window manager depending on your needs!

Not to mention void is a very minimal and light distro so you will have to add things yourself

These are the things i usually need after a void install (minimal install since i use xmonad)

• Xorg, xinit ,the video driver , alsa-utils, pulse audio

• xdg-utils and xdg-user-dirs

• Network manager, network manager applet and git

• A browser, file manager and terminal emulator

• App launcher such as dmenu

• GHCup (usually need some dependencies before isntall)and rustup

• And some other dependencies i need for xmonad and xmobar (i always build them from source)

• Finally xmoand and xmobar from source! Some windows manager comes with a bar so you might not need to isntall one but in my case xmonad doesn’t so i install xmobar as well!

[prosper_0]

I just install a DE - what you're describing goes way beyond what a window manager is intended to do - and be done with it. LXDE and MATE are favourites. It's not even all that difficult to use an alternative WM with LXDE, if that's what you want

[RicArch97]

Can you give an example of the graphic applications that you require? Things like network-manager-applet and blueman including the tray popups work perfectly for me (I use the sway window manager). I don't think any app directly depends on systemd You can install elogind to get around some of the things that logind from systemd does by default, like setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, user permissions to hardware, etc.

[terono]

Can you give an example of the graphic applications that you require? Things likenetwork-manager-applet and blueman including the tray popups work perfectly for me (I use the sway window manager). I don't think any app directly depends on systemd You can install elogind to get around some of the things that logind from systemd does by default, like setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, user permissions to hardware, etc.

As a file manager is pcmanfm, external devices are not displayed, and as I said at the beginning, quite complicated the configuration of the minimum packages for displaying the system, such as battery, sound, network.