Bigger menu icons in XFCE

Posted: 2012-11-11 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , , | 7 Comments

One of the many things I loved about GNOME 2 was the “foot” menu. Its bigger icons made it look somehow more user friendly and uncluttered. At least to me :)

Since I switched to XFCE, I have been wondering if the same could be achieved with the XFCE menu. Finally, I came across this discussion. Read the rest of this entry »

XFCE transparent desktop icons text background

Posted: 2012-08-15 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: | 10 Comments

To make the XFCE desktop icons text background transparent create this file in the $HOME directory: ~/.gtkrc-2.0 (or check if it already exists!) and put the following in it: Read the rest of this entry »

Keyboard layout

Posted: 2012-06-06 | Author: | Filed under: desktop | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Problem: The keyboard panel plugin in XFCE 4.6 has some bug and tends to “forget” the layout switch key combination (ALT+SHIFT).
Solution: Use the example file. Copy it from /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-keyboard-layout.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, then open and edit the keyboard layouts as needed and insert the following option: Read the rest of this entry »

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