What are pros and cons (and tradeoffs) when choosing between XFCE and MATE?

https://github.com/ogoncas/xfce-theme-manager/releases/tag/2.2

How is Linux Mint's implementation of XFCE different (or the same) as vanilla XFCE?

(Also, how can one easily duplicate Mint's implementation of XFCE to another distro?)

Hi! I'm using Fedora with KDE plasma. But I've been considering trying Xfce. I love customisability and support and I'd say I have meduim-ish hardware so running it I'snt a problem. Should I try Xfce?

Any tips to improve?

Frosty xfce achieved with picom compositor

Just wondering, it's quite a small install.

panelhide.sh

IMPORTANT:

Find the panel you want to hide and unhide with your keyboard by the number in panel preferences menu. For eg: panel-1

Change the number in the script provided below:

For eg: "panel-2" , in the script below, becomes panel-1(replace it in all the three lines it is mentioned)

1. Copy paste this script into your text editor and SAVE THE FILE in the directory of your choice as panelhide.sh

2. open terminal CD to to the DIR and chmod +x panelhide.sh

3. Now open xfce4-keyboard-settings app by pressing Alt+F2 or typing it in your terminal> Go to Applications Shortcuts> Add a shortcut from the bottom menu> Add the panelhide.sh in the command field. > Add the non-conflicting shortcut of your choosing and your're done.

4. control delay of panel hiding animation to speed up the process add this code into your

~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

/**this goes into your gtk.css***/
#XfcePanelWindow {
    -XfcePanelWindow-popup-delay: 0;
    -XfcePanelWindow-popdown-delay: 0;
}

panelhide.sh

#!/bin/bash
val=$(xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-2/autohide-behavior)
if [ "$val" -eq 1 ]; then
    xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-2/autohide-behavior -s 2
else
    xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-2/autohide-behavior -s 1
fi

Lately the more I use Thunar, the more I find it rather limited...

- no way to have tree view and shortcuts together
- no way to add extra columns for audio/video files
- file rename feature opens a friggin window instead of being inline

...and a lot more I'm yet to find lacking, I'm afraid.

Given the fact, what alternative would you suggest me that works just the way MS explorer does, sort of, which wouldn't require installing shitton of dependencies to work?

Only thing I tried so far is Cinnamon's Nemo - works but haven't tested much. PCManFM haven't tried. Dolphin works as well except it comes with ~10 dependency packages.

What is the best distro (and why) for XFCE?

What do I have to keep in mind if I wanna use XFCE on my gaming PC? I've heard that it's easier to use Wayland, but since XFCE uses X11 I wonder if there is anything I have to keep in mind before makignthe switch.

Hi all,

I am running xfce 4 under tigervnc in fedora 44.

However, I am facing problems, like some commands failing.

Most notable building and running podman containers.

The problem seems to be the value of DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS:

In an xfce terminal, it has a value like:

DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/tmp/dbus-Af35mrSK9d,guid=796c97d78a1c5edfc164bbed6abd1771

This value causes errors in building containers.

However, if in the same terminal run `su - <username>`, the variable DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS gets a new value:

DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1002/bus

With this value, everything work fine (including containers).

How can I fix this, and xfce sets the correct value?

I see that the script that runs to start xfce is /usr/bin/startxfce4, which has the following code:

## Start a D-Bus session if there isn't one already.
if [ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ]; then
XFCE4_SESSION_COMPOSITOR="dbus-run-session -- ${XFCE4_SESSION_COMPOSITOR}"
fi

I am currently using Xfce4 on EndeavourOS. I have set the system language entirely to English, but there are a few places where the changes haven't taken effect. For example, on the panel clock, the numerical time displays in English, but the time-of-day indicators (morning, noon, afternoon, or night) appear in my locale's language. How do I fix the system so that it uses English exclusively?