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<firstname>Valentino</firstname>
<surname>Vaschetto</surname>
</personname>
<!--
<contrib>Contributed in June 2001 by </contrib> -->
<contrib>Contributed by </contrib>
<!-- in June 2001 -->
</author>
</authorgroup>
</info>
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executable <filename>~/.xsession</filename> as
follows:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" &gt;&gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
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<para><application>Xfce</application> is a desktop environment
based on the GTK+ toolkit used by
<application>GNOME</application>, but is much more
lightweight and meant for those who want a simple, efficient
desktop which is nevertheless easy to use and configure.
Visually, it looks very much like
<application>CDE</application>, found on commercial &unix;
systems. Some of <application>Xfce</application>'s features
are:</para>
<application>GNOME</application>. However, it is more
lightweight and provides a simple, efficient, easy-to-use
desktop. It is fully configurable, has a main panel with menus, applets, and
application launchers, provides a file manager and sound manager,
and is themeable. Since it is fast, light, and efficient,
it is ideal for older or slower machines with memory
limitations. More information on <application>Xfce</application>
can be found at <link
xlink:href="http://www.xfce.org/">http://www.xfce.org</link>.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>A simple, easy-to-handle desktop</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Fully configurable via mouse, with drag and drop,
etc.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Main panel similar to
<application>CDE</application>, with menus, applets and
applications launchers</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Integrated window manager, file manager, sound
manager, <application>GNOME</application> compliance
module, and more</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Themeable (since it uses GTK+)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Fast, light and efficient: ideal for older/slower
machines or machines with memory limitations</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>More information on <application>Xfce</application>
can be found on the <link
xlink:href="http://www.xfce.org/">Xfce website</link>.</para>
<para>To install <application>Xfce</application>, type:</para>
<para>To install the <application>Xfce</application> package:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install xfce</userinput></screen>
<para>Alternatively, to build from source, use the
Ports Collection:</para>
<para>Alternatively, to build the port:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Now, tell the X server to launch
<application>Xfce</application> the next time X is started.
Simply type this:</para>
<para>Unlike <application>GNOME</application> or
<application>KDE</application>,
<application>Xfce</application> does not provide its own
login manager. In order to start <application>Xfce</application>
from the command line by typing <command>startx</command>,
first add its entry to
<filename>~/.xinitrc</filename>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/local/bin/startxfce4" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
<para>The next time X is started,
<application>Xfce</application> will be the desktop. As
before, if a display manager like
<application>XDM</application> is being used, create an
<filename>.xsession</filename>, as described in
<xref linkend="x11-wm-gnome"/>, but with the
<filename>/usr/local/bin/startxfce4</filename>.</para>
<para>An alternate method is to use
<application>XDM</application>. To configure this method,
create an executable
<filename>~/.xsession</filename>:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" &gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/local/bin/startxfce4" &gt;&gt; ~/.xsession</userinput>
&prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
</sect1>