Rick Moen [2017-08-17 00:55]: > So, here's a point: If you have a Linux system with Thunar (graphical > file manager) and the xfwm4 window manager, I'm betting that those _are_ > 99% of what you think of as 'XFCE4'.
Not quite. > I'm betting that you don't actually have a specific desire and need > (also) for xfdashboard, Xftasklets, Xfce4 Screenshooter, Xfce4 > Dictionary, Xfburn, Ristretto, XFCE Terminal, Parole media player, > Midori Web browser, Eatmonkey download manager, > notification-daemon-xfce, the Xfce4 Volstatus system tray notification > icon, Xfce4 Power Manager, Gigolo GIO/GVfs front-end, a couple of dozen > Xfce4 panel plugins, and around a dozen Thunar plugins, You might not > even be totally in love with the Xfce4 panel, _or_ even (gasp!) prefer a > different panel not normally bundled as part of the XFCE4 metapackage. I use several of these. > _Or_ you might prefer, as many XFCE4 users do, the window manager named > 'awesome' rather than xfwm4. No, not me. Tried it, didn't like it much. > And if you started out with less than the entire marching band of those > things (which with artwork and bindings are the ensemble known as > 'XFCE4') and at any point you decided you wanted any of them or all of > them, you can trivially add those with a single apt-get command. > > So, why do you need to start with the whole marching band? And, > moreover, install a 'task' metapackage whose presence requires > installation, at all times, of all of the constituent packages > thereafter. If I install the whole of XFCE4, I only have to remember the names of a couple of other packages to get the screen to look the way I want. > 'A la carte' is not a swear word, you know. But somehow, most of an > entire generation of Linux newcomers have been conned into thinking it > is. My point is merely that I think this tunnel-vision is unfortunate. You have several good points, and I may try some of your ideas, but it all comes down to choice. I think the reason I prefer a simple, ready-made desktop is that it's one of the least important things on my computer. I have other things to fiddle with, so I want the user interface to "just work" - and for me, XFCE4 does. -- Hilsen Harald _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
