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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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  • Install kvantum and kvantum-qt5 to change qt themes. Add this + to /etc/environment for kvantum to work:
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  • Whisker menu for those who want a more modern menu: +
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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.
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+ 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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