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| author | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-04-07 14:13:46 -0600 |
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| committer | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-04-07 14:13:46 -0600 |
| commit | d4dbad9f24bb1f2aadab9eb9697f79cec1cb4cfc (patch) | |
| tree | 51b2dc0164100da276918454e87257038c5b7840 | |
| parent | a0d46ac5c6ca841a64e713ebaa99e7e1a6e95c51 (diff) | |
Finished more stuff I needed to finish
| -rw-r--r-- | distro_guides/xfce.html | 117 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | linux_room.html | 16 |
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diff --git a/distro_guides/xfce.html b/distro_guides/xfce.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4bdd95 --- /dev/null +++ b/distro_guides/xfce.html @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html> + +<head> + <title></title> + +<style> + +body { + color: black; + background-image: url('../images/linux_background.png'); +} + +table { + color: black; + background-color: #bebebe; + margin-top: 10px; + margin-bottom: 10px; + margin-left: 10px; + margin-right: 10px; +} + +</style> + +</head> + +<body> + <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/back_home.png" alt="Back to home page"/></a> + <br/> + <a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides"><img src="images/back.png" alt="Back to linux room"/></a> + + <center> + <table border="1" width="60%"> + <tr> + <td> + <h2>Xfce DE</h2> + <p> + Indeed the best DE out there. + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + + <table border="1" width="60%"> + <tr> + <td> + <p> + By default xfce is a very plain desktop and looks kind of old and shitty + (like this website), but it can look and feel great with some work! + </p> + <ul> + <li>Install nicer icons like papirus, can never go wrong with papirus icons. + then set them as your icon theme</li> + <li> + Install a better theme. Some good ones are: + <ul> + <li><a href="https://drasite.com/flat-remix-gtk" target="_blank">flat-remix</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1681313/" target="_blank">gruvbox</a></lib> + <li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/2098041" target="_blank">DoorMaker</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1394325" target="_blank">BaZik</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + The default menu is alright but I like whisker menu more. + <ul> + <li>Install whisker menu for a way better menu</li> + <li>Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and change it to whisker menu.</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like clipboard. + </li> + <li> + Make some nicer keybinds: + <ul> + <li> + Bind <code>xfce4-popup-whiskermenu</code> to something like alt+f1 than use xcape to bind it to + super to get around the xfce super key bug. Add <code>xcape -e 'Super_L=Alt_L|F1'</code> as a + startup application or whatever dummy keybind you binded to whiskermenu. Sadly xfce cant bind + anything to super key without breaking other shortcuts that use super so we have to use xcape + in a painful hacky way. + </li> + <li>Bind "super+v" to <code>xfce4-clipman-history</code> to make it feel more like the kde clipboard</li> + </ul> + </li> + <li> + Make new windows show up at the mouse by going into the "Window ManagerTweaks" "Placement" tab, + turning the minimum size all the way up and chaning the place windows position to under the mouse pointer. + </li> + <li> + Go into "Window Manager" and set a cooler window style and more sane shortcuts for virtual desktops. + </li> + <li> + Go into "Window Manager Tweaks" and fuck around with the compositor settings for cool clear things. + </li> + </ul> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td> + <h2>Rofi in xfce</h2> + The default xfce appfinder been causing me issues lately so I decided to switch to rofi. + <br/><br/> + To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add some binds for it: + <ul> + <li>Bind <code>rofi -show drun -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons</code> to super+d</li> + <li>Bind <code>rofi -show run</code> to super+r</li> + <li>Bind <code>rofi -show window -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons</code> to super+w</li> + </ul> + There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I need. + </td> + </tr> + </table> + </center> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/linux_room.html b/linux_room.html index f5de94d..69a2d99 100644 --- a/linux_room.html +++ b/linux_room.html @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ table { <a href="#distros">Distros:</a> <ul> <li><a href="#distro_guides">Guides</a></li> - <li><a href="#distro_list">Favorite distros</a></li> + <li><a href="#distro_list">Cool distros</a></li> </ul> </li> @@ -124,10 +124,20 @@ table { <h3 id="distro_guides">Guides</h3> <ul> <li><a href="distro_guides/arch.html">Arch (my daily driver)</a></li> - <li><a href="distro_guides/fedora.html">Fedora (my old daily driver)</a></li> + <li><a href="distro_guides/xfce.html">Xfce DE</a></li> + <li><a href="distro_guides/fedora.html">Fedora xfce (my old daily driver)</a></li> </ul> - <h3 id="distro_list">Favorite distros</h3> + <h3 id="distro_list">Cool distros</h3> + <p> + <i>Not including the guides</i> + </p> + <ul> + <li><a href="https://antixlinux.com" target="_blank">AntiX</a></li> + <li><a href="https://mxlinux.org" target="_blank">MXLinux</a></li> + <li><a href="https://salixos.org" target="_blank">SalixOS</a></li> + <li><a href="https://www.adelielinux.org" target="_blank">Adelie</a></li> + </ul> </td> </tr> </table> |