I love pdaXrom as it comes shipped, but I am not a big fan of the matchbox desktop. While it is very fast and gets the job done, It is just not flexable enough for me.
That is why the cacko guys made rox available for pdaXrom, but many newbies like myself may not be sure how to use it correctly. I\'m gonna try to help my fellow newbies out here
1. If you haven\'t already installed rox, open up the package manager and install it from the pdaxrom feed.
2. use your favorite text editor and edit /home/root/.xinitrc
scroll down to the bottom of the document where you see something like this:
matchbox-desktop --icon-size 48 --font \'Sans 14\' --titlefont \'Sans 16\' $MBBGND &
matchbox-panel --no-flip $MBORIENT &
openbox
change those few lines so it looks like this:
#matchbox-desktop --icon-size 48 --font \'Sans 14\' --titlefont \'Sans 16\' $MBBGND &
rox -p=MYPINBOARD &
matchbox-panel --no-flip $MBORIENT &
openbox
now save the file and restart xwindows (ctr/alt + bs then type startx at the prompt)
Notice something different? Click on the Home folder, find any programs you want to have access to from the desktop and drag them to the desktop. Right click on the icons to change the from the default gear looking thing. Most of your icons should be in /usr/share/pixmaps.
Right click on the desktop and choose ROX-Filer ] options to play around with the options.
If you want your programs to ibe iconified when minimized, from Options under pinboard you can make those settings.
If you have any problems post here and I\'ll try to help.
