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