WMaker

For the dozens of us (dozens!) who still prefer Window Maker's fast, efficient, and highly stable window manager, it is very easy to quickly install in crouton using x11.

Using WMaker in crouton

The below assumes you've installed crouton (your chromebook is in developer mode and you've followed instructions to install crouton):

1. Install Crouton: $ sudo install -Dt /usr/local/bin -m 755 ~/Downloads/crouton
2. Create a chroot with X11: $ sudo crouton -r sid -t x11 (add the -e flag for encryption)
3. Enter the chroot:
   $ sudo enter-chroot -n sid
4. Install wmaker:
   $ sudo apt-get install wmaker
5. Add exec wmaker to ~/.xinitrc:
   $ echo "exec wmaker" > ~/.xinitrc
6. Exit the chroot: $exit
7. Launch wmaker directly from the crosh shell:
   $ sudo enter-chroot xinit
8. Create an alias for starting in wmaker:
   add alias startwmaker='sudo enter-chroot -n sid xinit' to your /home/chronos/user/.bashrc (chromeos)

Helpful configurations

• start xterm automatically by adding it to .xinitrc. Try echo "xterm &" > ~/.xinitrc && echo "exec wmaker --no-clip --no-dock" >> ~/.xinitrc
• To get trackpad working install synaptic: sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
• To edit your synaptic settings, visit https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Disable_touchpad_while_typing
• Dunst can be installed and configured to handle notifications for wmaker. Install notification-daemon and libnotify4.
• To change configurations easily without installing too many other packages try: WPrefs

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