Lightweight and fast free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms.
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xfce icons instead of tabs
For my taskbar programs are displayed like:
(symbol of chromium)askubuntu.com
I would like it as:
symbol of chromium [no titles]
askubuntu.com
imagemagick man page
Like in ...
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Switched to Compiz for OpenGL on Xubuntu 12.04, now laptop screen doesn't turn on after a suspend
I recently added the CompizConfig settings manager to resolve screen tearing while watching full screen video (it worked! no more tearing!) but now every time I close the laptop screen and the system ...
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Xubuntu/precise: default programs chaos
I'm using xubuntu "precise".
I have set up my preferred applications (Settings/Preferred-Applications or $ exo-preferred-applications):
web browser: chromium
mail reader: thunderbird
file manager: ...
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Making a screenshot in Xfce
I installed Xfce desktop and removed Ubuntu. It turns out that making a screenshot requires running a special application called ScreenShot instead of just pressing PrtSc button.
I wonder, how do I ...
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Xubuntu - command/shortcut to hide all notifications
Is there a command/shortcut avaiable to hide all popped-up notifications? Some of my scripts produce notifications which dont auto-hide, you have to click them.
I'd like to have a keyboard shortcut ...
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Alacarte creating entries shown in menu but not in editor
I created a "calculator" entry in main applications menu of Xubuntu, using Alacarte (gcalctool command - it seems to be a wrong one, as it can't find it).
BUT:
it is not shown in the list of ...
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GUI for ubuntu server: xfce or xubuntu-desktop
I would like to install a desktop environment on my Ubuntu server 12.04. I like xubuntu-desktop as it is a light-weight one. But I'm confused between xubuntu-desktop and xfce. Can anyone tell me what ...
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Sloooooow System 13.04
My system has been running extremely slowly, starting with 12.04. I did a clean install of 13.04 to try to get rid of the problem, but it continues. When first booted, it seems to run fine. After it's ...
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Keyboard layout changes when I unplug and re-plug external keyboard
I have a notebook with an external keyboard. I want to use "German (no dead keys)" on both keyboards, but for the external, it keeps resetting if I unplug it. Actually, it does not really reset - the ...
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Is Nitroshare transfer limited to a certain file size?
I have recently seen Nitroshare promoted on this site and have installed it in Ubuntu (Xubuntu 12.10) and Win7.
I was able to transfer files but only up to a certain size. I have not tested with very ...
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default gateway setting for “universal” wifi adapter
The data sheet for the IOGear Universal Wi-Fi N Adapter states that it supports Linux (Fedora 10 (Kernel: 2.6.27.5-117)) but has no directions in the manual.
When setting up the static IP address ...
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Replace XFCE4 with Cinnamon without Log-In Screen
I have a Google I/O Chrome Pixel that I've been playing around with Crouton. This is my frist real shot at Ubuntu and have made the upgrade from 12.04 -> 13.04. Using chroot I can run both Chrome OS ...
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how do I use AllTray in xfce on Xubuntu 12.10?
I use AllTray to minimize all kind of applications to the system tray, but it doesen't work correctly with xfce desktop (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/alltray/+bug/1185301 )
I still use Xubuntu ...
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Thunar broken with message “undefined symbol: exo_icon_view_selection_invert”
I recently installed the updates on my XUbuntu system, and now thunar is crashing with the following message:
thunar: symbol lookup error: thunar: undefined symbol: exo_icon_view_selection_invert
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Enable navigation buttons and address area in XFCE
I just installed the xfce Desktop environment and I can't find the navigation buttons and the address area in the file manager.
in other Desktop environment I can find this feature :
How can ...
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Is there a way to use Xfce integration features with unity?
Is there a way to use systray icons, pager icons, etc of Xfce apps in the Unity desktop? Orage is an awesome calendar app, but I want to use Unity with it, as that's my preferred DE.
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Xubuntu power settings file
I'd like to create a toggle for suspending/doing nothing upon closing the lid for XFCE. For that, I need to find out where is the following setting stored:
Creating the toggle script and panel ...
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How to make drag&drop to move files instead of copy on Xfce desktop?
On the Xfce 12.10 desktop drag&drop to move files into a folder would copy them instead of moving (cut/paste) them.
I tend to have many files on the desktop and usually I grab them and put them ...
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After upgrade to 10.6.32-47 kernel, video performance degraded [closed]
I have old machine with P4 and 1G Ram. It has GeForce FX5500 nvidia graphic on AGP.
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on it, with XFCE.
I was happy to use it in normal way till last week, I have done ...
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What is the differences between XFCE session and Xubuntu session?
Everytime I boot up Xubuntu, I get the question, XFCE session or Xubuntu session, what are the actual differences?
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Distorted Audio in Xfce; Audio perfect in Unity
As the title suggests, when I am in an xfce session, my audio is distorted by quite a fair amount. However, under Unity, the audio is perfect.
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Customizing ubuntu studio 13.04
I have recently switched from original ubuntu 12.10 to ubuntu studio 13.04. After some research I found out I could install compiz to this as well. I have to go to the terminal and run compiz ...
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Program works on gnome 3, does not work on xfce
I wrote some C++ program, using qt and gstreamer, where I take photo from the webcam, then I open the folder with the saved image with image icon selected.
To open folder I have tried :
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Some icons from XFCE4 panel missing
I'm running Xubuntu 13.04 (xfce4-panel 4.10.0). The icons for Skype and Synapse are missing in the panel. Only a missing icon icon is shown.
The icons show correctly in the apps menu. I've tried ...
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Xfce4-places-plugin doesn't show mounted partitions due to altered fstab options
To begin with, for some reason I had a problem with wine - every program I launched crashed with a strange error and pretty much nothing would execute except for applications and executables stored on ...
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How do I disable Unity in 13.04?
I'm using Xfce most of the time, but Unity keeps popping up even in my Xfce-Session. So I deactivated the Compiz-Plugin in ccsm, because that worked well in 12.10. But now with 13.04 as soon as I ...
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Ethernet port on thinkpad doesn't connect but the one on the ultrabase (dock) does [closed]
I just recently bought a used Thinkpad X200s and installed Xubuntu 13.04 on it. I am have issues getting the ethernet port on the laptop to connect. I also have a Ultrabase dock for the laptop. While ...
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Set XFCE Running Task Icons
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 with XFCE (not Xubuntu) and I can't figure out how to set the icons that are used in the task bar / task switcher. In the application menu, GVim has an icon, but in my task ...
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Error when copying from Desktop to any other location
I recently installed Xubuntu and there were a lot of differences I noticed between xfce and gnome. I didn't like Thunar that much (mainly because of the searching feature - even catfish doesn't posses ...
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Unmounting drive in Xubuntu
Every time I try unmounting / ejecting / safely removing a drive in Xubuntu, I get the following dialog:
However, most of the time it seems like there isn't any data that needs to be written or a ...
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XFCE GTK themes not working at all
I cannot use any GTK themes at all in Xubuntu 13.04. It worked up until I tried to (unsuccessfully) setup 3 monitors.
EDIT: I ran gtk-window-decorator --replace and got
Window manager warning: ...
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Why does Ubuntu 12.04 randomly reboot in unity and gnome, but not in xfce?
Currently running 12.04 LTS and I find that on a fresh install the system reboots when using Unity or Gnome, but runs stable when using Xfce.
This piqued my interest as to why this would be? How ...
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Change Xubuntu's default text editor globally
There's a lot of tutorials on how to change the default text editor in Unity and Gnome. There's none for Xubuntu/XFCE.
How do I change all mousepad's associations to sublime text?
I know I could ...
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Chrome automatically starts on boot while using xfce
As I said in title, when I boot my PC and after system loads, Chrome starts automatically. I checked in startup application, and I couldn't find Chrome entry. Can anyone tell me why Chrome starts ...
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XFCE4 Missing Indicator Icons for Apps
I have had this problem now with two apps, they both use the libappindicator to display their indicator icons (I believe). First time I had this problem was with Ubuntuone-indicator app, now I have ...
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How to set keyboard shortcut for “switch user” in Xubuntu?
I am trying to create a keyboard shortcut in Xubuntu (13.04), but I have no idea what to put for the command. What is the command for invoking switch user?
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Is it possible to add players to Xfce panel (volume) indicator applet?
A list of players is displayed when left clicking the volume indicator applet of Xfce panel.
But others are installed that I want to see there. Can I add them?
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Xubuntu 13.04 Thunar can't open files
I'm using Xubuntu 13.04 and I have problems with Thunar. when I double click on desktop icon (non folder) I get this error: Process /usr/bin/Thunar exited with status 1
But when I press right mouse ...
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XUbuntu 13.04 can't delete icons from desktop
Today I installed Xubuntu session in Ubuntu 13.04, but I noticed I can't delete any icons from desktop, when I try to delete one of them I get this error (translated from my language): This feature ...
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Xubuntu XFCE switcher icons
Is it possible to somehow modify the XFCE alt+tab switcher?
What I'd like:
use theme icons (for some apps it uses some lowres-non-theme ones, for others it works nice)
don't make tiny previews for ...
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I desire to remove the gnome desktop off the dread studio 12.10 I love the xfce desktop i have in place [duplicate]
The xfce desktop is so much better than the gnome desktop i have it somewhat removed but not completely . i am using the xfce but sometimes a download goes to the gnome desktop yet. how do i remove ...
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I can't install software [closed]
I'm running xubuntu 11.04. I haven't tried installing anything on this box for a while, but I need to get some new software. When I try to open the software center through the graphic interface, ...
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Why does XFCE ignore my preferences?
After re-configuring the screen setup (nvidia x settings), my XFCE starts in the default styling and shortcuts such as Alt+F2 are not working anymore.
Whenever I check the shortcuts under settings ...
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nvidia-setting not restoring settings properly after login
I finally was able to setup a triple-head setup on a nvidia card using nvidia-settings and arrange the monitors accordingly.
I also used the option to save the settings to the Xorg.conf - but when I ...
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Xubuntu transparent buttons in the panel
I would like to remove the color behind the buttons inside the XFCE Pannel :
I tried to modify the file /usr/share/themes/Greybird/gtk-2.0/apps/xfce-panel.rc, and I came with a strange white ...
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Werid colour for xubuntu title bar
The image above shows weird blue colour (formerly it was greyiish silver) for xubuntu title bar. It occurred without any reason one day I booted at the logon screen, as usual selected ...
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lsusb command does not showing anyting
I am entering the terminal command 'lsusb' in my ubunutu 10.04 with xfce desktop system. But it does not showing any driver or device information.
Is any thing wrong in my command. or are there any ...
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mouse focus signals on desktop notifications
As the title suggests is there any way to signal the application when the mouse is focused on the notification instance it created.
The code (Vala) that I'm using for that is as follows
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Why do I have no prompt in terminal on XFCE in ubuntu 12.04
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and have tried a few desktop environments. I am currently testing out Xfce. It has a terminal emulator called "Terminal". When I launch it, I just get a black screen.
Xterm, ...
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Find defined shortcuts in XFCE?
I am using the PHPstorm IDE (java software, run with oracle java 7) which defines the shortcuts Ctrl+F12 and Alt+F8 which are not working.
Other shortcuts do work, so I think there might be some kind ...
