From 5daefad115cddc1589c18a36401bc17e0e0c8f35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:37:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] UserDoc/XFCE changed initial version --- UserDoc/XFCE.md | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 UserDoc/XFCE.md diff --git a/UserDoc/XFCE.md b/UserDoc/XFCE.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7886b172 --- /dev/null +++ b/UserDoc/XFCE.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +--- +layout: wiki +title: XFCE +permalink: /wiki/UserDoc/XFCE/ +--- + +XFCE installtion in dom0 +======================== + +**Disclaimer: XFCE isn't fully integrated with Qubes environment, it still require notable amount of manual configuration after install** + +Requirements (as of 10/24/2012): + +- qubes-core-dom0-2.0.37 (not released yet, possible to build from "master" branch of marmarek's repo) + +Installation: + +``` {.wiki} +qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-unstable @XFCE +``` + +Then you need to create /etc/sysconfig/desktop to stay with KDM, as GDM still starts invalid Xorg startup script: + +``` {.wiki} +DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE +``` + +Reboot the system. At system startup, select "Xfce session" in login screen (menu on the right bottom corner of the screen). + +Configuration +------------- + +Things needs/recommended to be done: + +- 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): + 1. create \~/.config/menus/favorites.menu, example content: + + ``` {.wiki} + + + + Favorites + + + + favorites.directory + + personal-gnome-terminal.desktop + personal-firefox.desktop + work-gnome-terminal.desktop + work-firefox.desktop + mail-mozilla-thunderbird.desktop + mail-gnome-terminal.desktop + banking-mozilla-firefox.desktop + untrusted-firefox.desktop + + + ``` + + 2. add it to the pannel: right click on panel, "add new items", select "XFCE menu", choose custom menu file - just created one + +