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erik.crouch
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 7:29 pm    Post subject: XFCE 4.0 Desktop Environment Reply with quote
Well before I went to bed last night I decided to emerge xfce 4.0

I will say right away it is definitely something to give a try if you are looking for a fast desktop environment on a slower Ultra (mine is an Ultra 5/270 w/320mb ram). KDE seems to be fine but it gets very sluggish as you are running several things.

XFCE seems to be lacking in a xterm replacement, but of course you can set it up so that your xterm isn't the awful black text on white back. Here is my favourite xterm command setup.

Code:
xterm -fg grey -bg black -sb -sl 4096 -fn 7x14 -fs 14 -ls


Here's the site to XFCE http://www.xfce.org

It still could use some improvements, something I like seeing is the familiar (for us Solaris veterans) CDE like panel. It also has a movable dock, which I put mine at the bottom of the screen.

Anyone else had the chance to use this DE? Let me know what you think

Erik
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep, I tested it and even made a theme:

http://0x1337.net/pub/sun.png
http://0x1337.net/pub/sun1.png

Unfortunately I lost the theme on my last reinstall... went back to Fluxbox anyway :D
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