--- layout: doc title: XFCE permalink: /doc/xfce/ redirect_from: - /en/doc/xfce/ - /doc/XFCE/ - "/doc/UserDoc/XFCE/" - "/wiki/UserDoc/XFCE/" --- XFCE installation in dom0 ======================== **Disclaimer: The article is obsolete for Qubes OS 3.2 and later.** Prior to R3.2, KDE was the default desktop environment in Qubes.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](/doc/releases/3.2/release-notes/) and does not require manual installation. Installation: sudo qubes-dom0-update @xfce-desktop-qubes Reboot the system. At system startup, select "Xfce session" in login screen (menu on the right bottom corner of the screen). Configuration ------------- Things needed/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: ~~~ <!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd"> <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> </Menu> ~~~ 2. add it to the panel: right click on panel, "add new items", select "XFCE menu", choose custom menu file - just created one