On Sun, 2014-05-25 at 18:09 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
I don't know how to tell. I could find no place to set the xfce window
manager, and I didn't want to change something on the openbox settings
and then restart X or Openbox, because I just have too many windows
open and too much to do.
If
On Mon, 26 May 2014 17:58:26 +1200
Richard Hector rich...@walnut.gen.nz wrote:
On 26/05/14 10:09, Steve Litt wrote:
If you know how to find out which window manager Xfce is using,
please let me known
I just ran ps xf (show my processes, in tree format)
Then I looked at the descendents
On Sun 25 May 2014 at 00:12:57 +0200, Filip wrote:
You can mount/unmount in xfe. When you have plugged in a hotpluggable
medium, it gets and entry under /media. If you right click on it, you
have the mount/unmount option.
What program does xfe use for mounting? It certainly doesn't do
On Sun, 25 May 2014 20:00:33 +0100
Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote:
On Sun 25 May 2014 at 00:12:57 +0200, Filip wrote:
You can mount/unmount in xfe. When you have plugged in a
hotpluggable medium, it gets and entry under /media. If you right
click on it, you have the mount/unmount
On Sun, 25 May 2014 21:38:14 +0200
Filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2014 20:00:33 +0100
Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote:
On Sun 25 May 2014 at 00:12:57 +0200, Filip wrote:
You can mount/unmount in xfe. When you have plugged in a
hotpluggable medium, it gets and entry
On Sun, 25 May 2014 15:49:27 -0400
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Yes. I downloaded and installed xfe, (admittedly, this was for my
Ubuntu 13.10 box) and what I found is it doesn't show mountable drives
like Thunar does, so you can't mount an arbitrary device from xfe.
Also,
On Sun, 25 May 2014 22:45:42 +0200
Filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2014 15:49:27 -0400
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Yes. I downloaded and installed xfe, (admittedly, this was for my
Ubuntu 13.10 box) and what I found is it doesn't show mountable
drives like
On Sun 25 May 2014 at 15:49:27 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2014 21:38:14 +0200
Filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
In order to be able to mount from the command line as normal user, I
already had the following entries in /etc/fstab.
/dev/sr0/media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660
On Sun, 25 May 2014 23:05:35 +0200
Filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2014 22:45:42 +0200
Filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2014 15:49:27 -0400
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
The coredump must be an Ubuntu thing. I never had it
coredump on me, neither
Steve Litt writes:
If you know how to find out which window manager Xfce is using, please
let me know
Package: xfwm4
Version: 4.10.1-2
Installed-Size: 2777
Maintainer: Debian Xfce Maintainers pkg-xfce-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (=
On 26/05/14 10:09, Steve Litt wrote:
If you know how to find out which window manager Xfce is using, please
let me known
I just ran ps xf (show my processes, in tree format)
Then I looked at the descendents of xfce4-session, and see that the
first one is xfwm4. The 'wm' suggests that it's a
On Fri, 23 May 2014 17:42:44 +0200
filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
Openbox works very well. It's not a complete desktop environment of
course, just one component, so you will need to pick and choose the
applications to make it a workable environment. Which is actually a
good thing because the
On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 15:34 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
feh to set the root window to a nice background image.
I use feh --bg-scale for my Arch's JWM, but Esetroot -m for my
Debian's JWM. Perhaps Esetroot is obsolete.
Did anybody already mention a terminal emulation? IMO a good terminal
On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 15:34 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
I switch back from Xfce to Openbox
What accessory apps that usually are part of a DE do you need?
A nice calculator IMO is Galculator, but I didn't use it's scientific
mode yet. If you're from an Europe contry whre the , vs ..
Galculator
xfe
Nice, I didn't know it. I likely will use it in the future.
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On Sat, 24 May 2014 23:09:04 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
xfe
Nice, I didn't know it. I likely will use it in the future.
i run openbox and one thing i would really like is an automounter for things
like flash drives.
any suggestions ?
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On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 14:30 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote:
On Sat, 24 May 2014 23:09:04 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
xfe
Nice, I didn't know it. I likely will use it in the future.
i run openbox and one thing i would really like is an
On Sat, 24 May 2014 14:30:33 -0700
bri...@aracnet.com wrote:
On Sat, 24 May 2014 23:09:04 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
xfe
Nice, I didn't know it. I likely will use it in the future.
i run openbox and one thing i would really like is an
On Sat, 24 May 2014 21:50:32 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 15:34 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
feh to set the root window to a nice background image.
I use feh --bg-scale for my Arch's JWM, but Esetroot -m for my
Debian's JWM. Perhaps Esetroot is
On Sun, 2014-05-25 at 00:27 +0200, Filip wrote:
On Sat, 24 May 2014 21:50:32 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 15:34 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
feh to set the root window to a nice background image.
I use feh --bg-scale for my Arch's JWM, but
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 02:30:33PM -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote:
On Sat, 24 May 2014 23:09:04 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote:
xfe
Nice, I didn't know it. I likely will use it in the future.
i run openbox and one thing i would really like is an
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 12:51:34AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 2014-05-25 at 00:27 +0200, Filip wrote:
On Sat, 24 May 2014 21:50:32 +0200
Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net wrote:
On Sat, 2014-05-24 at 15:34 -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
feh to set the root window to a nice
On Mi, 21 mai 14, 08:58:00, Joe wrote:
The other medium-weight DE is LXDE.
If there is an even lighter weight DE than LXDE I'd be very interested.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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On Mi, 21 mai 14, 18:10:30, Horatio Leragon wrote:
Does fluxbox come with regular security updates?
http://www.debian.org/security/faq
Kind regards,
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On Fri, 23 May 2014 12:46:14 +0300
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mi, 21 mai 14, 08:58:00, Joe wrote:
The other medium-weight DE is LXDE.
If there is an even lighter weight DE than LXDE I'd be very
interested.
Kind regards,
Andrei
Well, I mean, if lightness is your
On Vi, 23 mai 14, 10:08:56, Steve Litt wrote:
On Fri, 23 May 2014 12:46:14 +0300
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mi, 21 mai 14, 08:58:00, Joe wrote:
The other medium-weight DE is LXDE.
If there is an even lighter weight DE than LXDE I'd be very
interested.
On Fri, 23 May 2014 10:08:56 -0400
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 23 May 2014 12:46:14 +0300
Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mi, 21 mai 14, 08:58:00, Joe wrote:
The other medium-weight DE is LXDE.
If there is an even lighter weight DE than
21.05.2014, 11:27, Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com:
Thanks Joe, David , Chirs and all . actually login screen step worked for me.
even i am also trying xfce4.
can i make gnome classic default loging environment?
Yes, you can. Usually your display manager should take the last option you
If I remember correctly LXDE is going through a transition to Qt. Maybe
the reason why?
There were some intermittent issues with those menu options in xfce a
little while ago but I thought they were related to lightdm/systemd
issues. In any event it all seems to work fine now.
Yes, it
Yes, it is always is gnome 3 shell.
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:55 PM, David Dušanić ivanovne...@gmail.comwrote:
If I remember correctly LXDE is going through a transition to Qt.
Maybe
the reason why?
There were some intermittent issues with those menu options in xfce a
little
On 05/22/2014 03:10 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote:
From: Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
Just like any other package.
# aptitude install fluxbox
The very machine
On Wed, 21 May 2014 16:30:13 +1000
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan
sir...@gmail.com wrote:
i have just installed debian 7 and i am feeling a bit uncomfortable
with the new look (unity type) i want the all time old menu
gnome
On Thu, 22 May 2014 21:54:37 -0400 Steve Litt sent:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 16:30:13 +1000
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan
sir...@gmail.com wrote:
i have just installed debian 7 and i am feeling a bit
uncomfortable with the
On 5/21/14, Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote:
i have just installed debian 7 and i am feeling a bit uncomfortable with
the new look (unity type) i want the all time old menu gnome classic.
how can i enable that.
Basically, your options are:
1) Install XFCE desktop
apt-cache show
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote:
i have just installed debian 7 and i am feeling a bit uncomfortable with the
new look (unity type) i want the all time old menu gnome classic. how
can i enable that.
I recommend installing Xfce, which is very
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly terminal
window. i am new to gnome and xfce.
so my question is, are all the applications from gnome will be available in
xfce, is it like a layer on the top of gnome 3. are all gnome utilities
will be available as well? like system
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote:
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly terminal
window. i am new to gnome and xfce.
so my question is, are all the applications from gnome will be available in
xfce, is it like a layer on the
On Wed, 21 May 2014 11:57:29 +0500
Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote:
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly
terminal window. i am new to gnome and xfce.
so my question is, are all the applications from gnome will be
available in xfce, is it like a layer on
do i have to uninstall gnome3 in order to work with xfce4 actually i wanted
to run both by enabling one and disabiling other for testing puporse or to
evaluate which one is better for me.
btw i installed xfce4 and restarted the system however it again gave me the
gnome 3 desktop.
On Wed, May 21,
21.05.2014, 07:54, "Muhammad Yousuf Khan" sir...@gmail.com:i have just installed debian 7 and i am feeling a bit uncomfortable with the new look ("unity" type) i want the all time old menu "gnome classic". how can i enable that.Thanks,Myk Log out and choose Gnome Classic from the GDM drop down
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote:
do i have to uninstall gnome3 in order to work with xfce4 actually i wanted
to run both by enabling one and disabiling other for testing puporse or to
evaluate which one is better for me.
btw i installed xfce4 and
21.05.2014, 10:00, "Muhammad Yousuf Khan" sir...@gmail.com:do i have to uninstall gnome3 in order to work with xfce4 actually i wanted to run both by enabling one and disabiling other for testing puporse or to evaluate which one is better for me. btw i installed xfce4 and restarted the system
On Wed, 21 May 2014 13:00:47 +0500
Muhammad Yousuf Khan sir...@gmail.com wrote:
do i have to uninstall gnome3 in order to work with xfce4 actually i
wanted to run both by enabling one and disabiling other for testing
puporse or to evaluate which one is better for me.
btw i installed xfce4 and
Thanks Joe, David , Chirs and all . actually login screen step worked for
me. even i am also trying xfce4.
can i make gnome classic default loging environment?
Thanks
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Joe j...@jretrading.com wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 13:00:47 +0500
Muhammad Yousuf Khan
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly terminal
window. i am new to gnome and xfce.
so my question is, are all the applications from gnome will be available in
xfce, is it like a layer on the top of
On Wed, 21 May 2014 05:52:18 -0400
Stephen Allen marathon.duran...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly
terminal window. i am new to gnome and xfce.
so my question is, are all
On Wed, 21 May 2014 14:05:55 +0200 Filip sent:
I had the opposite reaction. I didn't instantly dislike it when it
came it, and thought that the detractors where just too close minded
to try out new improved interface concepts. After having used it for
one and a half years however, I have
On 5/21/14, Filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 05:52:18 -0400
Stephen Allen marathon.duran...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly
terminal window. i am new to
On Wed, 21 May 2014 22:31:18 +1000
Zenaan Harkness z...@freedbms.net wrote:
On 5/21/14, Filip fi...@fbvnet.be wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 05:52:18 -0400
Stephen Allen marathon.duran...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan
wrote:
thanks alot
From: Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Cc: debian debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
I recommend installing Xfce, which is very similar to GNOME 2 (and
also happens
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Horatio Leragon hlera...@yahoo.com wrote:
Does xfce come with a lot of bloated apps? I remember that gnome-core comes
with plenty of bloated apps.
I don't know that it does. A default Debian Jessie install brings with
it a bunch of stuff like LibreOffice, but I
From: Joe j...@jretrading.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
In Linux, a window manager will operate without a desktop environment,
but this is a little too
On 05/21/2014 11:16 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote:
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*To:* debian-user@lists.debian.org
*Cc:* debian debian-user@lists.debian.org
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:30 PM
*Subject:* Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
I recommend installing Xfce
On 05/21/2014 05:20 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote:
From: Joe j...@jretrading.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
In Linux, a window manager will operate without a desktop environment
On Wed, 2014-05-21 at 20:51 +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
On 05/21/2014 05:20 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote:
From: Joe j...@jretrading.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
In Linux, a window manager
On Wed, 21 May 2014 05:52:18 -0400
Stephen Allen marathon.duran...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly
terminal window. i am new to gnome and xfce.
so my question is, are all
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:12:58PM +0100, Joe wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 05:52:18 -0400
Stephen Allen marathon.duran...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
thanks alot guyz, i am actually a server side guy using mostly
terminal window.
On 05/21/2014 05:25 PM, Stephen Allen wrote:
snip
I mentioned LXDE, but shutdown and reboot from menus haven't worked
since November (sid), as there seems to be a systemd incompatibility. I
got fed up calling up a terminal and entering a password to shutdown my
single-user workstation after a
On Wed, 21 May 2014 17:25:41 -0400
Stephen Allen marathon.duran...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:12:58PM +0100, Joe wrote:
On Wed, 21 May 2014 05:52:18 -0400
Stephen Allen marathon.duran...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57:29AM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan
From: John Bleichert syb...@earthlink.net
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
No, it's pretty clean and very, very slim. Someone mentioned that it
hasn't seen
From: Linux-Fan ma_sys...@web.de
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
Just like any other package.
# aptitude install fluxbox
The very machine from which I am
From: Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: want to revert back to gnome classic mode.
However, the version of JWM
provided by the Debian repositories is already very
i have just installed debian 7 and i am feeling a bit uncomfortable with
the new look (unity type) i want the all time old menu gnome classic.
how can i enable that.
Thanks,
Myk
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