Xfce/it

Secondo xfce.org: "Xfce è un ambiente desktop per sistemi operativi Unix-like. Punta ad essere veloce e leggero in termini di risorse di sistema, rimanendo comunque visivamente accattivante e facile da usare."

Evitare dipendenze non necessarie
Evitare pacchetti e supporto a GNOME opzionale mantiene il sistema più snello e coerente. Questa sezione è assolutamente opzionale; procedere in questa maniera se l'obiettivo è mantenere il sistema (più) snello piuttosto che (più) pesante.

Assicurarsi che il sistema stia usando il profilo di base "desktop":

e hanno   impostata in maniera predefinita:

Naturalmente,  può essere impostata globalmente in  se lo si desidera.

Impostare XFCE_PLUGINS
In, aggiungere e personalizzare la variabile XFCE_PLUGINS :

Le opzioni precedenti possono cambiare; la lista attuale è disponibile alla pagina ${PORTDIR}/profiles/desc/xfce_plugins.desc.

Emerge
È giunto il momento di installare il desktop Xfce completo!

Senza includere esplicitamente nel comando,   includerà invece  di GNOME. Installarlo qui insieme a e in seguito deselezionarlo in modo che non venga incluso nel file world:

Naturalmente, è anche possibile selezionare solo i pacchetti necessari:

Display manager
È possibile usare un display manager per avviare Xfce. Fare riferimento all'articolo display manager per configurare un display manager.

La maggior parte dei display manager usa file per configurare le sessioni disponibile. Di seguito è riportato un file desktop di esempio:

Il file desktop va posto nel percorso giusto per il display manager.

Avviare Xfce senza un display manager
e sono due delle opzioni immediatamente disponibili per avviare Xfce senza usare un display manager.

startx
When using, create a file with the following contents:

When experiencing authorization or permissions issues within xfce4 in a OpenRC profile (symptoms include being unable to open power manager and unable to suspend/hibernate) be sure the package has been merged with the   flag set. Then replace the above line in with the following (see this entry on the Gentoo Forums for more information):

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:

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.