XFCE4, not using xfdesktop

[Todd Slater]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 10:38:59PM +0800, - Kocil wrote:
> Dear all.
> 
> I have to turn off xfdesktop for some reasons:
> 1. I prefer chbg to manage my backgrounds
> 2. I run some programs that need to access the root screen (e.g xpenguins).
>    They can not work when xfdesktop is running.
> 
> However, now I'm missing the root menu.
> The root menu was generated by menumaker,
> I'm not interested to enter it one-by one to to the panel launchers.
> 
> Any idea to compromise this situation ?
> IMHO, the root menu should belong to windows manager, not to the desktop.

You might try deskmenu from the oroborus project
(http://www.oroborus.org).

Todd