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---
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layout: doc
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title: XFCE
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- "/doc/UserDoc/XFCE/"
- "/wiki/UserDoc/XFCE/"
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---
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XFCE installation in dom0
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**Disclaimer: The article is obsolete for Qubes OS 3.2 and later.**
Prior to R3.2, KDE was the default desktop environment in Qubes. Beginning with
R3.2 [XFCE is the new default desktop environment](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/releases/3.2/release-notes/) and does not require manual installation.
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Installation:
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sudo qubes-dom0-update @xfce-desktop-qubes
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Reboot the system. At system startup, select "Xfce session" in login screen (menu on the right bottom corner of the screen).
Configuration
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Things needed/recommended to be done:
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- remove some useless entries from menu and panel, especially file manager, web browser
- create own favorites menu (currently standard XFCE menu isn't modified to use per-VM subsections, which makes it very inconvenient):
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1. create `~/.config/menus/favorites.menu`, example content:
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~~~
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<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
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<Menu>
<Name>Favorites</Name>
<DefaultAppDirs/>
<DefaultDirectoryDirs/>
<Directory>favorites.directory</Directory>
<Include>
<Filename>personal-gnome-terminal.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>personal-firefox.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>work-gnome-terminal.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>work-firefox.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>mail-mozilla-thunderbird.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>mail-gnome-terminal.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>banking-mozilla-firefox.desktop</Filename>
<Filename>untrusted-firefox.desktop</Filename>
</Include>
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</Menu>
~~~
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2. add it to the panel: right click on panel, "add new items", select "XFCE menu", choose custom menu file - just created one