Fluxbox1.3.0 is released!

Fluxbox is a stacking window manager for the X Window System, Fluxbox 1.3 has arrived! A long long long time is over, and we finally decided to make a release.

What’s New :

• Added support for bidirectional text, #2801836.
• Allow to override ‘Focus New Windows’ via .fluxbox/apps
• New actions:
  • ActivateTab
  • ArrangeWindowsVertical
• New ‘MoveN’ and ‘ClickN’ action support for keys file
• New focus model ‘StrictMouseFocus’. This will affect focus when closing, moving, lowering windows, changing desktops, etc, whereas the ‘MouseFocus’ model will only change focus when you move the mouse.
• New “background: unset” property for use in overlays.
• Allowing relative paths for background images in style files.
• Allowing matching screen number in ClientPattern.
• Removed rootcommand from init, as fbsetbg is run automatically nowadays.
• Removed line style resources from init file.

Install and use Fluxbox in Ubuntu:

Open terminal type the following:

First open the source.list file:

edit   /etc/apt/source.list 

and add

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/paultag/fluxbox/ubuntu maverick main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/paultag/fluxbox/ubuntu maverick main   

Save and exit

Now in the terminal type :

sudo apt-get update -y 

Finally install Fluxbox  with:

sudo apt-get  install fluxbox