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!
- Install nicer icons like papirus, can never go wrong with
papirus icons. then set them as your icon theme
- Install a better theme. Some good ones are:
- Install kvantum and kvantum-qt5 to change qt themes. Add this
to
/etc/environment for kvantum to work:
QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kvantum
- Whisker menu for those who want a more modern menu:
- Install whisker menu for a way better menu
- Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and
change it to whisker menu.
- Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like
clipboard.
- Make some nicer keybinds:
- 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.
- Bind "super+v" to
xfce4-clipman-history to
make it feel more like the kde clipboard
- 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.
- Go into "Window Manager" and set a cooler window style and
more sane shortcuts for virtual desktops.
- Go into "Window Manager Tweaks" and fuck around with the
compositor settings for cool clear things.
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