There are a number of options for plugging this gap-
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op ... ktop_icons
Tried idesk, but I think you need to manually script the icons.
Then I tried pcmanfm, but I couldn't get it to install-
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#pacman -Sy pcmanfm
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Targets (11): js-1.8.5-3 libatasmart-0.19-1 libfm-1.1.0-3 lsof-4.86-1
nspr-4.9.3-1 parted-3.1-1 polkit-0.107-4 sg3_utils-1.33-1
udisks-1.0.4-6 vala-0.18.1-1 pcmanfm-1.1.0-1
Total Installed Size: 31.58 MiB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(11/11) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(11/11) loading package files [######################] 100%
(11/11) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
nspr: /usr/lib/libnspr4.so exists in filesystem
nspr: /usr/lib/libplc4.so exists in filesystem
nspr: /usr/lib/libplds4.so exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
So I decided to use xdesktop-
A) Install xfdesktop, libnotify and exo
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pacman -Sy xfdesktop
pacman -Sy libnotify
pacman -Sy exo
B) add xfdesktop startup command to /root/.start under conky
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conky &
xfdesktop &
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Reboot and it should work. To add program shortcuts drag .desktop file from /usr/share/applications . Also note that the background image is set to xfdesktop default. Plus xfdesktop uses different menu (right-click on tint panel for Openbox menu).
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Not sure how efficient xfdesktop is, other suggestions welcome ; -)