openbox on debian wheezy

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debian openbox install notes

[log in]
$ su
# aptitude install sudo
# adduser ben sudo
# exit
$ exit
[log in]
$ sudo aptitude install menu openbox obconf xinit
$ sudo aptitude install gnome-terminal
$ sudo aptitude install tint2 kupfer
$ sudo aptitude install nautilus

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox
$ nano ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
	#!/bin/sh
	$(sleep 2s && tint2) &
	gnome-settings-daemon &
	kupfer --no-splash &

$ chmod 755 ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh



$ sudo aptitude install gnome-settings-daemon gtk2-engines gtk-theme-switch 

• due to EFI boot loading, lilo seems to work better than grub
• gtk3 themes don't work right
• nautilus sucks in gnome3 now?
• gnome-settings-daemon is nice but heavy (and overkill in some areas)