Monday, July 27, 2009

Howto create a minimal Xfce desktop (debian)

Preliminary notes
EDIT:  I ended up installing a minimal gnome instead. I think that is easier for them to use...looks more like mac/ window.  Better menus for end users.


http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090504#feature
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65655
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/xfce-how-to-change-the-keyboard-layout-322374/


Logg:
apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install  xorg gdm  xfce4
xfce4-xfapplet-plugin (necessary to use gnome applets like nm)
networkmanager


nano /etc/apt/sources.list
remove cd

gpasswd -a user powerdev
aptitude install --without-recommends lxde

Automount
http://slucas.wikidot.com/en:xfce-automount

Possible packages
thunar-archive-plugin???
shutdwon-helper??
xfce4-goodies
thunar
xfce4-panel
xfburn
squeeze
and whatever their dependencies are


xfwm4
xfdesktop
xfce-mcs-manager

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