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Xfce Desktop Environment

gmircea edited this page Feb 16, 2022 · 1 revision

Xfce Desktop Environment

Xfce is a lightweight and modular Desktop environment currently based on GTK+ 2. To provide a complete user experience, it includes a window manager, a file manager, desktop and panel.

Installation

Install the group:

# aptitude install xfce4

The above command installs pure Xfce without any Xubuntu or GNOME components.

Also install the Xfce terminal and goodies:

# aptitude install xfce4-terminal xfce4-goodies

Customize appearance and theme

  • Choose a theme you like in Application Menu > Settings > Appearance > Style
  • Choose an icon pack in Application Menu > Settings > Appearance > Icons
  • Change settings in: Application Menu > Settings > Appearance > Fonts, e.g. DejaVu Sans Mono, Noto Sans Regular
  • Check Enable anti-aliasing
  • Font Hinting to Full
  • Sub-pixelorder to RGB

Install some required fonts:

# aptitude install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

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