🐱 SweetKitty – Openbox Setup

A minimal, clean and aesthetic Openbox desktop setup.

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✨ Features

• Lightweight Openbox environment
• XFCE4 Panel integration
• Plank dock (macOS-like style)
• Sweet Mars GTK theme
• BeautySolar icon pack
• Clean and customizable layout

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📦 Requirements

Install required packages depending on your distribution:

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🟢 Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint

sudo apt install plank xfce4-panel nitrogen xcompmgr openbox xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin lxappearance lxsession-logout

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🔵 Fedora / RHEL / Nobara

sudo dnf install plank xfce4-panel nitrogen xcompmgr openbox xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin lxappearance lxsession-logout

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⚫ Arch / EndeavourOS / Manjaro / CachyOS

⚠️ Note: On some Arch-based systems, nitrogen may only be available in the AUR.

# If you use EndeavourOS, yay is usually preinstalled

# If yay is NOT installed:
sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si

# Install packages
yay -S plank xfce4-panel nitrogen xcompmgr openbox xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin lxappearance lxsession-logout

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🟣 Gentoo/Calculate/Argent

sudo emerge --ask x11-wm/openbox xfce-base/xfce4-panel x11-misc/nitrogen x11-misc/xcompmgr x11-misc/plank x11-themes/lxappearance xfce-extra/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

💡 Note: Package names may vary slightly depending on overlays.

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/winvis300-max/SweetKitty.git
cd SweetKitty

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2. Install themes and icons

tar xf Sweet-mars.tar.xz
tar xf BeautySolar.tar-*.gz
unzip elementary-Dark.zip

sudo cp -r BeautySolar/ /usr/share/icons/
sudo cp -r Sweet-mars/ /usr/share/themes/
sudo cp -r elementary-Dark/ /usr/share/plank/themes/
sudo cp wp*.jpg /usr/share/backgrounds/

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3. Apply GTK theme

lxappearance

Set:

• Theme → Sweet-mars
• Icons → BeautySolar

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4. Configure Plank

• Hold Ctrl + Right Click on dock
• Open Preferences
• Theme → elementary-Dark
• Enable Icon Zoom

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5. Setup autostart

mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox
nano ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

Add:

plank &
xfce4-panel &
nitrogen --restore &
xcompmgr &

Make it executable:

chmod +x ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

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6. Set wallpaper

nitrogen

• Add: /usr/share/backgrounds/
• Mode → Zoomed Fill
• Apply

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7. Configure panel

• Right click panel → Panel Preferences

• Remove extra panels

• Add:

  • Whisker Menu
  • Separator
  • Clock

Settings:

• Clock → Digital (LCD)

• Whisker Menu:

  • Icon → applications-all
  • Enable → Settings Manager
  • Settings Manager command → lxsession-logout

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8. Set Openbox theme

obconf

Select:

• Theme → Nightmare

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🖥️ Defaults

• File Manager → Nemo
• Terminal → Terminator
• Browser → Waterfox

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🎉 Done!

Log out, select Openbox session, and enjoy your new desktop 🎉