A lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems.
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How to get lighter (more white) themes for Xfce?
Xfce seems bathing in an ocean of endless gray, unless using dark themes.
Are there Xfce themes that are clear, bright, whiter?
And also: is there a way to change the colors in a given theme in ...
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not able to create xorg.conf file
I want to change my colour depth. I posted this, and got the following answer:
Create an xorg.conf file by running Xorg -configure. Then edit the Depth entry in the Display subsection of the ...
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xfce: Allow shutdown for non-root users
How do I allow shutdown for normal users in xfce?
Currently, the log-out/restart/shutdown box only allows the log-out option, and having to switch to the console, logging in as root and shutting down ...
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Starting certain applications fullscreen in Xfce
Is it possible to make Xfce window manager to open certain applications fullscreen by default? For example i want Emacs in Xfce to be always run fullscreen on start. I know how to execute specifically ...
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Window buttons (minimize, maximaze, close) are not visible in Xfce
Everytime I start my laptop my GUI is "broken" - windows doesn't have the top border with close, minimize and maximize buttons. I know I can run xfwm4 --daemon but it is really bothering to do that on ...
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What is the proper use of the term 'session'?
[I hesitated whether to post this in meta or here. But although this involves terminology, it is of general use, not only on this website.]
It looks like at least in Xfce 4.10 (with the session ...
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How to solve window manager problem in Linux Mint 14 (Xfce) after installing LXDE?
I like the way Xfce works on top of Linux Mint 14 Nadia (Quantal) - but I also like LXDE that I want to have in parallel. Mint 14 has no LXDE "version" now, and that is too bad.
I heard that ...
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What is a “theme” in Xfce? [duplicate]
I have only used LXDE and Xfce. While in LXDE windows styles (decorations) and general appearance themes ("Widgets" in LXDE) can be clearly differentiated when searched on the internet, for Xfce they ...
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Can't find or create trash while deleting files
I was unable to remove a file anymore with thunar:
How should I create the "Trash" folder ?
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change colour depth
How do I change the colour depth? It says online to edit the xorg.conf file, but I don't have that. I am running Debian XFCE on a Powerbook G4
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How to resize application windows in an arbitrary direction (not vertical and not horizontal)
One of the most annoying things for me in using Linux, is resizing an open window, such as a terminal window.
I'd like to resize the terminal window (make it larger or smaller). But when I put the ...
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Shortcuts in Xfce are not working anymore
After few weeks of using Xfce I suddenly ran into following problem - my keyboard shortcuts are not working when I am using two monitors (actually one monitor and notebook itself).
When I unplug ...
