The User Guide to Customize XFCE Desktop

1. How do I customize my Xfce desktop?
2. How do I beautify XFCE?
3. How do I edit XFCE menu?
4. How do I make Xfce look modern?
5. Where do I put Xfce themes?
6. How do I add icons to XFCE?
7. Which is better KDE or XFCE?
8. Which is better Gnome or XFCE?
9. How do I use XFCE?
10. How do I customize my whisker menu?
11. How do I install XFCE plugins?
12. What is a whisker menu?

How do I customize my Xfce desktop?

Change Your XFCE Theme

1. Select the Applications menu on the desktop.
2. Choose Settings > Appearance.
3. Select the theme that you want to try. When you select a theme, it is applied to the desktop, and you can see what it looks like. ...
4. Go to the Icons tab at the top of the window.
5. The icons work similarly to the other themes.

How do I beautify XFCE?

Open Settings > Appearance > Style to select the theme, log out and login to see the change. Adwaita-dark from default is also a nice one. You can use any good GTK theme on Xfce.

How do I edit XFCE menu?

Re: Native editor for XFCE application menu? You can use the Application Finder (Alt-F2, click green down arrow), which allows you to right-click any menu entry > Edit. That Edit-Launcher dialog box allows you to change Name, Comment, Command, Working Directory, Icon, and select a couple of options.

How do I make Xfce look modern?

You can make Xfce look modern if you install some extra desktop themes and icons packs.
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Summary

1. Get themes from the repositories or from Xfce-look.org.
2. To install Xfce-look.org themes, extract icons to ~/. icon folder, and themes to ~/. themes;
3. Change themes in Appearance, Windows Manager, and LightDM Settings.

Where do I put Xfce themes?

To install and use a theme, follow these steps:

• Extract the theme in ~/.local/share/themes. ...
• Make sure the theme contains the following file: ~/.local/share/themes/<theme_name>/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.
• Select the theme in the User Interface Settings (Xfce 4.4.x) or in the Appearance Settings (Xfce 4.6.x)

How do I add icons to XFCE?

Go to Xfce-look.org to find and download an icon theme set you like (such as the one below), extract it, and put it in the . icons directory in your home directory. To select the icon theme, go to Settings > Appearance > Icons.

Which is better KDE or XFCE?

As for XFCE, I found it too unpolished and more simple than it should. KDE is by far better than anything else (including any OS) in my opinion. ... All three are quite customizable but gnome is quite heavy on the system while xfce is the lightest out of the three.

Which is better Gnome or XFCE?

GNOME shows 6.7% of CPU used by the user, 2.5 by the system and 799 MB ram while below Xfce shows 5.2% for CPU by the user, 1.4 by the system and 576 MB ram. The difference is smaller than in the previous example but Xfce retains performance superiority.

How do I use XFCE?

XFCE

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Issue the command sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop.
3. Type your sudo password and hit Enter.
4. Accept any dependencies and allow the installation to complete.
5. Log out and log in, choosing your new XFCE desktop.

How do I customize my whisker menu?

1. Go to Settings -> Panel -> Items. Click Whisker Menu, then the gear to the right to go into settings. Under Appearance tab, unselect the Show generic application names then it should show the real names. – ...
2. Or to customize your own menu: wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu – Terrance Mar 2 '16 at 0:05.

How do I install XFCE plugins?

XFCE Panel Plugins

1. Open xfce4-settings-manager and select the "Panel" button.
2. Go to the items tab under the panel configuration window.
3. Click the "+" button on the right side of the window.
4. Select the desired plugin to add to the panel from the list of plugins.

What is a whisker menu?

Whisker Menu is an alternate application launcher for Xfce. When you open it you are shown a list of applications you have marked as favorites. You can browse through all of your installed applications by clicking on the category buttons on the side.