Xfce for Slackware Users

specialized · 03-16-2019, 01:09 PM

cwizardone - its all updated

i dont own a amd gpu, just a ati radeon with classics modules

maybe a gtk3 issue??

cwizardone · 03-16-2019, 11:30 PM

Aren't ATi and AMD GPUs one and the same?
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) bought ATi 12 or 13 years ago.

specialized · 03-17-2019, 07:52 AM

true to that cwizardone

unloading compton(compositing) fixes the problem, so i guess is a gtk3 issue

cwizardone · 03-23-2019, 10:02 AM

Xfce Screensaver 0.1.4 Released

https://bluesabre.org/2019/03/22/xfc...-1-4-released/

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What’s New?
Features

Added support for screen locking when the system goes to sleep (Xfce #15001), via a shared preference with Xfce Power Manager. A new configuration option, “Lock Screen with System Sleep” was added to the Screensaver Preferences dialog to accommodate this.

Bug Fixes

Fixed password entry after forcefully grabbing input focus (Xfce #15042)

General

Faster screen locking when activated
Faster rendering of the authentication prompt
Improved handling of monitor (dis-)connection events
Improved screensaver and locking activation when idle
Improved laptop lid support: The lock screen is now displayed immediately when the laptop lid is open, instead of requiring a wake event from the keyboard or mouse
Improved low-power state: Screensavers are now suspended when monitors are powered off via DPMS (Debian #921835)

This is the third version I've used and, although it is still Beta, it has worked flawlessly for me. YMMV.

cwizardone · 04-05-2019, 08:38 AM

Parole Media Player 1.0.2 Released

https://bluesabre.org/2019/04/04/par...-0-2-released/

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What’s New?

Bug fixes. So… many… fixes!
Build Fixes

Fixed compiler error -Wcast-function-type with GCC 8
Fixed Appstream validation by removing <em></em> tags from translations (Xfce #14260)
Resolved g_type_class_add_private warnings (Xfce #15014)

Playback

Fixed play button sensitivity items are added to playlist (Xfce #13724, LP #1705243)
Improved support for missing Gstreamer plugin installers (Xfce #14529)

Plugins Manager

Fixed crash when opening files after disabling plugins (LP #1698540)
Fixed disabling plugins enabled by distributions (e.g. MPRIS2 in Xubuntu)
Fixed display of active/inactive plugins when reopening the Plugins Manager.....

upnort · 04-14-2019, 05:30 PM

I am interested if anybody can share insight into the 4.14 development with respect to GTK3. I know the devs are basing everything on GTK3 for that release. I am frustrated by GTK3 related nuisances in MATE. I am investigating moving to Xfce, but I am concerned Xfce will suffer similar GTK3 irritants, such as the inability to disable tool tips anywhere.

solarfields · 04-17-2019, 01:22 AM

yesterday upgraded to the latest -current (clean install). I am frustrated by the mix of gtk2/gtk3 applications. Seeing the path gtk3 apps have taken I am seriously considering building my own desktop based on openbox. Would be a pity, I've used Xfce since over 10 years.

SCerovec · 04-17-2019, 05:24 AM

Only the accessibility and performance of XFCE and GTK2 kept me thus far from fluxbox.

Should there be any impact on either - I won't tolerate it, sorry.

upnort · 04-17-2019, 01:41 PM

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I am frustrated by the mix of gtk2/gtk3 applications.

Yup.

At work I am testing updating Ubuntu MATE 16.04 to 18.04 (Slackware only at home, folks). The file picker dialog in GTK3 is a real stinker. The GTK3 version of dconf-editor is a B grade horror movie. I haven't dug deeper, but opening a file in geany results in a loss of cursor focus out of the file contents.

I have been looking at Xfce because of some disgruntlement with MATE. Yet the proverbial handwriting on the wall is Xfce will suffer the same fate as MATE with the transition to GTK3.

I don't know that moving to a window manager will resolve anything. Many apps will still be GTK3.

KDE? Perhaps -- no wait -- is that drama queen akonadi still a pillar?

Sorry, I'm having a bad day and solarfields's statement hit me.

SCerovec · 04-17-2019, 03:44 PM

maybe we take it to the GTK3 upstream?

solarfields · 04-17-2019, 04:21 PM

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I don't know that moving to a window manager will resolve anything. Many apps will still be GTK3.

I have a better idea now. I will downgrade most of Xfce's GTK3 components to their last GTK2 versions. I already did this for Thunar, because the latest one was unusable.

Lockywolf · 04-19-2019, 10:03 AM

Hi, guys.

Thunar seems to be copying files on drag-and-dropping a file on a directory icon.

Can I somehow configure it to move it, not copy?

I find it quite ergonomic to sort out files from a 'misc' directory by dragging them to categorically organised directories.

cwizardone · 04-19-2019, 10:46 AM

I just tried that and it would only move not copy a file.

luvr · 04-19-2019, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by cwizardone

I just tried that and it would only move not copy a file.

Doesn't that behaviour depend on whether or not the source and destination locations are on the same file system? I seem to remember that if they are on one and the same file system, then the file will be moved, otherwise it will be copied.

You can use a right-button mouse click to manually select the operation that you want, of course. It's what I usually do, because I find the default action rather confusing.

bassmadrigal · 04-19-2019, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by luvr

Doesn't that behaviour depend on whether or not the source and destination locations are on the same file system? I seem to remember that if they are on one and the same file system, then the file will be moved, otherwise it will be copied.

You can use a right-button mouse click to manually select the operation that you want, of course. It's what I usually do, because I find the default action rather confusing.

I know that is the case with Windows Explorer and KDE's Dolphin (don't use Thunar... I tried it and wasn't a fan). However, Krusader, my preferred file manager) will ask you if you want to move or copy files.