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Xfce DE

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+ Indeed the best DE out there. +

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+ 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! +

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  • Install nicer icons like papirus, can never go wrong with papirus icons. + then set them as your icon theme
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  • + Install a better theme. Some good ones are: + +
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  • + The default menu is alright but I like whisker menu more. +
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    • Install whisker menu for a way better menu
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    • Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and change it to whisker menu.
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  • + Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like clipboard. +
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  • + Make some nicer keybinds: +
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    • + Bind xfce4-popup-whiskermenu to something like alt+f1 than use xcape to bind it to + super to get around the xfce super key bug. Add xcape -e 'Super_L=Alt_L|F1' 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. +
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    • Bind "super+v" to xfce4-clipman-history to make it feel more like the kde clipboard
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  • + 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. +
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  • + Go into "Window Manager" and set a cooler window style and more sane shortcuts for virtual desktops. +
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  • + Go into "Window Manager Tweaks" and fuck around with the compositor settings for cool clear things. +
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Rofi in xfce

+ The default xfce appfinder been causing me issues lately so I decided to switch to rofi. +

+ To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add some binds for it: +
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  • Bind rofi -show drun -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons to super+d
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  • Bind rofi -show run to super+r
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  • Bind rofi -show window -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons to super+w
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+ There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I need. +
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