Another alternative to using Xfce menu or Whisker; try a launcher, I
like Synapse, it remembers what you use often, indexes files, folders,
apps, settings, etc, and can be called with any hotkey you chose. I
usually keep Synapse mapped to the super key, that way anything I need
to access is only a tap away. I honestly don't ever use the menu anymore.
If you want expose, the only thing I know of is using GNOME (which also
has unfocused scrolling), but that brings other issues into play. I
find GNOME too cumpersome for heavy duty Audio/graphical work. However,
I do have GNOME3 on my everyday laptop, and love it. If you haven't
tried GNOME3 lately, give it a shot, it's very convient when you get
used to it. Shoot me an email if you want some pics of config, GNOME vs
XFCE.
BEN
On 11/11/2013 12:18 PM, Hazan Pérez wrote:
Hello,
I've looked a bit into this a got a few results. I have a laptop in
which I can test distros and the such, helps me decide what to install
in my main computer. It doesn't has the same hardware, but it's a big
help.
Installed the latest version of US and looked for a few things in the
internet. For the window list that also works as a dock there is
DockBarX, which is great. Changed the default menu for Whisker Menu,
which behaves a bit like Mint Menu. Haven't looked into my other
requests, but the unfocused scroll is a must; if any of you know how to
configure it please tell me. The expo view of the windows is not
necessary, but it certainly is useful, specially when drag and dropping
stuff around. Oh and Alt-Tab is certainly useful, a must in any good DE
;)
Ah, another request. I usually turn off my PC by using a power button
on my keyboard (or the actual power button of the PC), but I'd like a
confirmation dialog before I actually turn it off, I also do this to
easily reboot or log out. So I'd like to change the behavior of the
button to show me, instead, the dialog of the Exit option in the menu.
Does any of you know how to do this?
I'll keep on looking around.
El jue 07 nov 2013 20:58:16 COT, Rivera Valdez escribió:
Hi, Hazan :)
I'd never tried to change that stuff, but in case you have
not enough answers from the UbuntuStudio community you
can also try the Xfce community as well. Things like "unfocused
scroll" (which I personally love ;) are probably Xfce-relative, etx.
Have you tried keeping Alt pressed after Tab for the "All open
windows view"?
Sorry for not being of much help,
regards!
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Hazan Pérez <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Good day community,
A bit of background: Used a couple of versions of UbuntuStudio in the
past, I think it's a very good idea for a Distro. I work mostly with
graphics, some video and a bit of desktop publishing, so having a
distro
with such tools available out of the box is great (can't say the same
for all the audio stuff, most of that software I don't even know
how to
use).
For this semester I decided to switch to Linux Mint, which is nice but
it has a few problems, thanks to the Cinnamon DE, which has let me sad
and frustrated. I'm thinking of switching to US again, but there are a
few things about XFCE that I don't like.
XFCE is really nice, fast, lean and light while being pretty, but
I miss
a bit of functionality from other DEs. I can't use another DE
because of
a default sound config (wrote about that some time ago but didn't
received much help). Sound is rightly configured in default US with
XFCE, but if I change the DE it goes all wrong.
Now, for that extra functionality, here are the things I miss the most
from other DEs:
- Unfocused Scroll: This is if, for example, I have a window in the
background and a smaller in front, if I scroll the background
window it
wont get focused (it wont go up in front). know a way to configure
this?
- All open windows view, like expo, without using Compiz. Compiz
breaks
the beauty of XFCE.
- A window list that can also work as a dock, that is, a window
list in
a panel that can have "pinned" icons for applications, but when
clicked
on opens the application an keeps working as it's window selector (not
appearing an extra icon).
... Plus a few more things. I know that all this is DE oriented,
and not
exactly for the core functionality of US and probably not on the right
list, but I'd appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance.
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