Xfce Default Configuration

[Liviu Andronic]

On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell at wfu.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2013, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
>> Exactly! Those of us who use XFCE don't want it "simplifies" or
>> "prettied." We use it because it can be configured to do what we want.
>>
>> Don't change direction, it is good as it has been going.
>
>
> I think people are over-reacting to Nigel Verity's posting. As I read it, he
> wasn't suggesting any radical change in Xfce: not any simplification or
> change of the minimalist philosophy, just a minor tweak of the default,
> out-of-the-box appearance.
>
Indeed. Minor tweaks can be useful, for experienced or inexperienced
users alike. Those experienced and not liking the tweak can always
find their way to revert it. Those inexperienced will likely ignore it
altogether (but will still like Xfce more).

Regards,
Liviu


> I don't care for wallpapers of any sort myself, but I take his point about
> the default look of the labels for desktop icons. IMO this is quite ugly and
> off-putting, and moreover it's not obvious to a new user how to change it
> since that has to be done by editing ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and restarting the
> desktop.
>
> --
> Allin Cottrell
> Department of Economics
> Wake Forest University
>
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