obconf - NetLinux Packages

Graphical configuration manager for the Openbox window manager — theme, appearance, window behaviour, desktops, margins, mouse and dock settings, all in one GTK3 app.

Why this build?

The distro obconf is the original 2015-era GTK2 tool, unmaintained since. The NetLinux build is a from-scratch GTK3 port from netlinux-ai/obconf, with theme management the original never had:

Copy Theme — duplicate an installed theme under a new name as a starting point for edits.
Edit Theme — launches obtheme directly on the selected theme.
Rename Theme — rename a theme directory in place, with duplicate-name checking.
Delete Theme — remove a theme, with a confirmation dialog and a safety check that refuses to run against a live DISPLAY :0 session.
Configurable tool paths — which obtheme binary "Edit Theme" launches is read from rc.xml's <themeEditorCommand>, not hardcoded.

Compared to the distro package

Package details

Install

	Distro obconf	NetLinux build
Toolkit	GTK2	GTK3
Copy Theme	—	Yes
Edit Theme (opens obtheme)	—	Yes
Rename Theme	—	Yes
Delete Theme	—	Yes, with confirmation
Maintained	No (2015)	Yes

Version	1:2.0.4+netlinux-1netlinux1~resolute1
Architecture	amd64
Component	main
Suites	resolute (Ubuntu 26.04)
Depends	openbox (>= 3.7)
Download	obconf_2.0.4+netlinux-1netlinux1~resolute1_amd64.deb
Source	github.com/netlinux-ai/obconf

Note: Ubuntu's distro obconf carries an epoch (1:2.0.4+git20150213-3build4). This build matches and beats it (1:2.0.4+netlinux-...), so a plain apt install obconf on resolute already picks up the NetLinux build — no pin needed. Not yet built for stable (Debian 12).

See the main page for repository setup instructions, and obtheme for the theme editor this tool's "Edit Theme" button opens.