How can I use XFCE to instead GNOME

[Olivier Fourdan]

Mike Zang wrote:
> I am running a web server(FC4) on an old laptop, I found it is very slow if
> I use GNOME, I heard XFCE is light and better to use in my case.
> 
> At the moment, my server is running in terminal mode, that is no problem. I
> use in GNOME by VNC SERVER, now I want to change to XFCE, I tried, but not
> successful, because I don't know how config for VNC, 
> 
> Does anyone help me in detail? I am new for XFCE and VNC.

Create or edit $HOME./.vnc/xstartup so that it contains:

--B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<--
#!/bin/sh

unset SESSION_MANAGER
startxfce4
--B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<----B<--

Make sure it has the executable flag:

chmod +x $HOME./.vnc/xstartup

HTH
Cheers,
Olivier.