How to make Xfce look like almost any desktop you want
Best of all, an optional extra Xfce tool automates away most of the configuration.Xfce has been around for 30 years, undergoing several facelifts while remaining one of the most configurable and lightweight Linux desktops. It started off looking like CDE, then it evolved into something more like Windows 95 before developing its own identity.The good news, though, is that you don't have to spend hours right-clicking and twiddling options to give it a whole new look. It has its own tool for this, called Panel Profiles.
- ▪Best of all, an optional extra Xfce tool automates away most of the configuration.Xfce has been around for 30 years, undergoing several facelifts while remaining one of the most configurable and lightweight Linux desktops.
- ▪It started off looking like CDE, then it evolved into something more like Windows 95 before developing its own identity.The good news, though, is that you don't have to spend hours right-clicking and twiddling options to give it a whole new
- ▪It has its own tool for this, called Panel Profiles.
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