Xfce/fr

Pour citer xfce.org: "Xfce est environnement de bureau léger pour les systèmes d'exploitation Unix-like.]] Son but est d'être rapide et d'utiliser de moins de ressources système, tout en restant visuellement attractif et simple d'utilisation."

Éviter les dépendances inutiles
Eviter les paquets optionnel de GNOME gardera votre système léger et consistant. Cette section est entièrement optionnelle; Procédez de cette manière si votre but est de garder votre système léger plutôt que lourd.

Assurez-vous d'utiliser le profil basique "desktop" :

a  par défaut:

Bien sûr,  peut aussi être définit globallement dans  si on le désire.

Emerge
C'est le moment d'installer Xfce !

Sans inclure explicitement dans la commande,  s'appuiera sur  de GNOME à la place. Donc installez le conjointement à et déselectionnez le plus tard afin qu'il soit exclu du fichier world:

Bien sûr, il est aussi possible de ne choisir que les paquets requis:

Gestionnaire de connexion (Display manager )
Il est possible d'utiliser un gestionnaire de connexion pour démarrer Xfce. Veuillez vous référer à l'article display manager pour en configurer un.

La plupart des gestionnaire de connexion utilise les fichiers pour configurer les sessions. Voici un exemple de fichier desktop:

Le fichier Desktop doit ensuite être placé au bon endroit pour le gestionnaire de connexion.

Démarrer Xfce sans gestionnaire de connexion (display manager)
et sont des alternatives disponibles pour démarrer Xfce sans utiliser un gestionnaire de connexion.

startx
Pour utiliser, créez un fichier contenant:

Si vous rencontrez des problèmes d'autorisations ou de permissions avec xfce4 avec un profil OpenRC (ouverture du gestionnaire d'alimentation impossible, la veille ne marche pas...), assurez-vous que le paquet a été emergé avec le USE flag. Puis modifier la ligne d'au dessus dans par (Consultez cette entrée de Gentoo Forums pour plus d'informations):

startxfce4
To launch the Xfce4 desktop simply type at the command-line and press enter:

Xfce is a desktop environment and as such can be tuned and tailored to the needs of (almost) every user. In this section, a number of popular (or more challenging) aspects are covered.

xfce4-volumed
Install to manage the volume keys  (deprecated - Suggested replacements include  or use key binds in a Window Manager or mixer):

When using pulseaudio with xfce4, use :

Keyboard shortcuts
Run to bind the following keys:


 * button: amixer set Master 5%+
 * button: amixer set Master 5%-
 * button: amixer set Master toggle

Native Xfce theme engine
Xfce's own theme engine,, was updated in version 3.0, which implements native support for GTK+ 3 with no further configuration.

Assuming that the  USE flag is set, the GTK+ 3 version (revision 300 or higher) should be pulled in by default if  or  were installed with a   world upgrade.

If not simply:

This should pull in the right version of through the use of a specific.

After emerging the GTK+ 3 version of, applications using GTK+ 3 should now blend nicely with applications using GTK+ 2 when one of the native Xfce themes is used.

Greybird theme
Another option is to use the Greybird theme, which has support for GTK+ 2, GTK+ 3, xfwm4, emerald, and metacity:

Go to ->  ->. Or run. Select "Greybird" from the "Style" list.

Now GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3 applications should have a consistent look.

Other themes
Other themes available in Portage that are compatible with XFCE can be emerged with the following list:

Additional applications
There are a number of additional applications that are part of Xfce.

The following applications work well in Xfce and round out a basic desktop environment.

Enable vertical window snapping
Most modern desktop environments have vertical window snapping enabled by default. This is also possible in Xfce, but not by default. To enable, navigate to: →  →.


 * Make sure the "Snap windows to screen border" checkbox has been checked.
 * Make sure the checkboxes under "Wrap workspaces when reaching the screen edge" have been unchecked. These interfere with vertical window snapping.

Once the checkboxes are set it should be now possible to drag a window to the right or left side of the screen, which should cause the window to resize to 50% of the screen width.

Keyboard shortcuts can be set in order to do this via the typical + or + behavior. Navigate to →  →.

Set the "Tile window to the left" and "Tile window to the right" actions with the + and + key combinations respectively.

Audio mixer complains about missing pavucontrol binary
Clicking the speaker (audio) icon in the panel and then selecting results in a message saying "pavucontrol binary not found".

The solution is to install :

Program starting hotkeys are not working / Colors not changeable from appearance
Xfce can have hotkeys for both starting an application as well as modifying the behavior of an already running application or setting. An example of behavior hotkey is the ++ combination, which minimizes all windows to show the deskop (and vice-versa).

Assuming that hotkeys for starting an application (such as + to start the application finder) are not working, while the application can be started from the menu, then Consolekit is not running. Start it, and make sure that it gets started at boot time:

This will also start D-Bus, a prerequisite for Consolekit. Restart X to enjoy the new hotkeys and colors.