XFCE 4.2.2 desktop for puppy official release
- bombayrockers
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XFCE 4.2.2 desktop for puppy official release
This is the official release for xfce for puppy that has come after much needed help from rarsa (who made the menu), MU ( got rox working with xfce and provided some important libs) and every else
for screen shots you are reffered to http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2789
all indevelopment .pups will be released at the above link, all official releases will be made over here. general puppy users are advised to download from this section ONLY.
this dotpup contains the essential xfce desktop
desktop manager + window manager + some utilities ( system load mon, netload , volume control , battery mon)
i have also released an addon .pup for gPS (graphcal process stats) over here http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2865
the dotpup for XFCE can be downloaded from http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?c ... 43xfce.pup
IMPORTANT -> you also need to download the xinitrc.pup from below ( a seperate dotpup for this file has been made because it is a important system file and so i dont want it to get deleted in case you uninstall xfce using pupget) this will ask you to overwrite .xinitrc click on ok
IMPORTANT -> please reboot before immediately after installation
HOW DO I START XFCE ? XFCE can be started by using 'xwin xfce4' (without the quotes).
HOW DO I START XFCE WITH ROX AS THE ICON MANAGER?
XFCE with rox as the icon manager can be started by 'xwin xfce-rox'
WHEN USING ROX AS ICON MANAGER MY ICONS ARE HIDDEN UNDER THE TASKBAR -> just drag down the icons into proper place
WHEN USING ROX AS ICON MANAGER THE CURSOR BECOMES A CLOCK?
SOLUTION -> if you want to disable that, right click each panel item, click properties, untick "Use startup notification"
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for screen shots you are reffered to http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2789
all indevelopment .pups will be released at the above link, all official releases will be made over here. general puppy users are advised to download from this section ONLY.
this dotpup contains the essential xfce desktop
desktop manager + window manager + some utilities ( system load mon, netload , volume control , battery mon)
i have also released an addon .pup for gPS (graphcal process stats) over here http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2865
the dotpup for XFCE can be downloaded from http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?c ... 43xfce.pup
IMPORTANT -> you also need to download the xinitrc.pup from below ( a seperate dotpup for this file has been made because it is a important system file and so i dont want it to get deleted in case you uninstall xfce using pupget) this will ask you to overwrite .xinitrc click on ok
IMPORTANT -> please reboot before immediately after installation
HOW DO I START XFCE ? XFCE can be started by using 'xwin xfce4' (without the quotes).
HOW DO I START XFCE WITH ROX AS THE ICON MANAGER?
XFCE with rox as the icon manager can be started by 'xwin xfce-rox'
WHEN USING ROX AS ICON MANAGER MY ICONS ARE HIDDEN UNDER THE TASKBAR -> just drag down the icons into proper place
WHEN USING ROX AS ICON MANAGER THE CURSOR BECOMES A CLOCK?
SOLUTION -> if you want to disable that, right click each panel item, click properties, untick "Use startup notification"
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- bombayrockers
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download the new pup
those who have downloaded the .pup posted in cutting edge please download the newer dotpup as some confilcting libraries have been changed in this release.
many many thanks bombayrockers, great pack !!!
I liked it very much, Xfce4 is light, small and gtk2 themable
it comes with a lot of beautiful themes but how to use the old Puppy themes and Barry's GTK theme script ?
I have an idea: to create in /usr/share/themes a new Puppy folder similar to the others but in place of gtkrc put a symlink to /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
it works, we can now choose a theme with GTK theme script and then choose "Puppy" on xfce configuration panel
for those who prefer rox icons on desktop and wants to gain space on screen some tips:
-remove most of taskbar icons, they are already on desktop
-disable xftaskbar by commenting it on /root/.xinitrc-xfce-rox (#xftaskbar4&)
-to replace it enable the taskbar plugin on taskbar and choose "expand to fill screen"
-configure Graphical Pager to show 2 rows
-and the other taskbar plugins according to your personal preferences
(see the screenshot)
I prepared two new menus to xfce4 users, one for default Puppy and other to Chubby. They show the icons's items on submenus also, someone may prefer this approach
I liked it very much, Xfce4 is light, small and gtk2 themable
it comes with a lot of beautiful themes but how to use the old Puppy themes and Barry's GTK theme script ?
I have an idea: to create in /usr/share/themes a new Puppy folder similar to the others but in place of gtkrc put a symlink to /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
it works, we can now choose a theme with GTK theme script and then choose "Puppy" on xfce configuration panel
for those who prefer rox icons on desktop and wants to gain space on screen some tips:
-remove most of taskbar icons, they are already on desktop
-disable xftaskbar by commenting it on /root/.xinitrc-xfce-rox (#xftaskbar4&)
-to replace it enable the taskbar plugin on taskbar and choose "expand to fill screen"
-configure Graphical Pager to show 2 rows
-and the other taskbar plugins according to your personal preferences
(see the screenshot)
I prepared two new menus to xfce4 users, one for default Puppy and other to Chubby. They show the icons's items on submenus also, someone may prefer this approach
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Sorry, broken english above :-)
- bombayrockers
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Great Work
yes puppy gtk themes using the gtk theme switcher was a problem.
that looks great.
AlienX can you come up with a tar.gz of the files you have edited.
also as you are working with gtk themes can you try out the plastig gtk theme (based on plastik) it is available on kde-look.org
thanks
that looks great.
AlienX can you come up with a tar.gz of the files you have edited.
also as you are working with gtk themes can you try out the plastig gtk theme (based on plastik) it is available on kde-look.org
thanks
Re: Great Work
Hi !bombayrockers wrote:AlienX can you come up with a tar.gz of the files you have edited.
here are the files needed to produce the same visual of screenshot (xp-look-xfce4.tar.gz)
this theme needs qtpixmap engine, I took it from debian and packed all together (plastig.tar.gz)bombayrockers wrote:also as you are working with gtk themes can you try out the plastig gtk theme (based on plastik)
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- bombayrockers
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thanks alienX
thanks for the files. i will check them out and come up with update1.pup so that everybody can use it.
thanks
thanks
- bombayrockers
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theme switcher
a gtk theme switcher based on the files provided by alienx has been released over here http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2907. please read the instructions on how to install
Just as I suspected.
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Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi, removing from list!
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Re: XFCE 4.2.2 desktop for puppy official release
This leads to a page full of ads, maybe your file was removed ?bombayrockers wrote:the dotpup for XFCE can be downloaded from http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?c ... 43xfce.pup
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The file is mirrored here
http://tmxxine.com/puppy/
I was going to mention that Mark will probably mirror it - he already has - see previous post
http://tmxxine.com/puppy/
I was going to mention that Mark will probably mirror it - he already has - see previous post