Xmonad/Using xmonad in Ubuntu

Tips for Xmonad in Ubuntu

Without a Desktop Environment

Here are tips on using xmonad in any of the Ubuntu distributions without loading XFCE or a full Gnome session.

Automounting removable media

Removable media is mounted using a volume manager. Normally, Nautilus takes care of this in Gnome and Thunar for XFCE.

There are several lightweight volume manager choices.

• skvm aims for simplicity and speed.
• Ivman was originally only for automounting, but now it can run arbitrary commands when a HAL event (closed laptop lid, a certain device is attached) is received.
• Thunar, XFCE's file manager, can be run as a daemon (thunar --daemon). It can be configured via its GUI to not open a file listing when a device is inserted.