Xfce for Slackware Users

DaBrze · 10-28-2020, 01:53 AM

Because of Python3.9 from October 25 Current update two packages are affected and has to be rebuild:

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libbytesize-2.4-x86_64-1_rlw.txz
volume_key-0.3.12-x86_64-1_rlw.txz

cwizardone · 10-28-2020, 10:34 PM

IIRC, these are required to run Xfce-4.14.
From the Slackware64-current change log for 28 October 2020,

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Wed Oct 28 20:19:37 UTC 2020
a/libblockdev-2.24-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This is required by the new version of udisks2.
a/libbytesize-2.4-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This is required by the new version of udisks2.
a/ndctl-70.1-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This is required by libblockdev, which in turn is required by the new
version of udisks2.
a/udisks2-2.9.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Robby Workman for this update and the deps for it.
a/volume_key-0.3.12-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This is required by the new version of udisks2.............

http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/sla.../ChangeLog.txt

willysr · 10-28-2020, 11:56 PM

now we just need elogind and newer UPower

lancsuk · 10-29-2020, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by willysr

now we just need elogind and newer UPower

At the moment I'm playing with Xfce4.16 on current, it works alright but I woud like to know how I can bring elogind und Xfce together?

Actually, Xfce works great with elogind, but shutdown, supsend etc. didn't work.

willysr · 10-29-2020, 08:59 AM

Did you check Robby Workman's work on XFCE?
https://rlworkman.net/pkgs/current/ChangeLog.txt

ziprun · 10-29-2020, 09:37 AM

When it comes to icon themes for xfce, what are all the classic ones? I like the classic look to linux/unix. I know of tango, but what are the other ones? Even modern icon themes that mimics a classic icon sets are fine too.

individual · 10-29-2020, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ziprun

When it comes to icon themes for xfce, what are all the classic ones? I like the classic look to linux/unix. I know of tango, but what are the other ones? Even modern icon themes that mimics a classic icon sets are fine too.

The ROX icon set that comes with the ROX file manager are pretty "retro" looking.

lancsuk · 10-29-2020, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by willysr

Did you check Robby Workman's work on XFCE?
https://rlworkman.net/pkgs/current/ChangeLog.txt

Yes I did, my builds looking very simlar. I guess Xfce hasn't a specific build parameter for elogind.

Maybe I just have to setup logind.conf + xfconf-query.

rworkman · 10-29-2020, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by lancsuk

Yes I did, my builds looking very simlar. I guess Xfce hasn't a specific build parameter for elogind.

Maybe I just have to setup logind.conf + xfconf-query.

Well, I've not looked at 4.16 yet (no time), but there are some parts of xfce that link elogind -- I think xfce4-settings does as well as xfce4-power-manager.

lancsuk · 10-29-2020, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rworkman

Well, I've not looked at 4.16 yet (no time), but there are some parts of xfce that link elogind -- I think xfce4-settings does as well as xfce4-power-manager.

You're absolutely right. I forgot to rebuild polkit against elogind.

thanks

ziprun · 10-30-2020, 07:39 AM

How big of a change is xfce 4.16 going to be? Will themes that work with 4.14 and older work with 4.16 because I'm hearing a lot of doomsday predictions with 4.16.

cwizardone · 10-30-2020, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ziprun

How big of a change is xfce 4.16 going to be? Will themes that work with 4.14 and older work with 4.16 because I'm hearing a lot of doomsday predictions with 4.16.

A few answers might be here,
https://andreldm.com/2020/09/12/xfce4.16pre1.html

lancsuk · 11-01-2020, 12:17 AM

thunar 4.15.3 is now available for download from

https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/th...4.15.3.tar.bz2
https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/th...3.tar.bz2?sha1
https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/th...tar.bz2?sha256

What is thunar?
===============

Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It
has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy-to-use. Its
user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include any
confusing or useless options. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good
start up time and directory load time. Thunar is accessible using
Assistive Technologies and is fully standards compliant.

Website:
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start

Release notes for 4.15.3
========================
This is a development release of Thunar aiming the upcoming release of
Xfce 4.16.

- No special treatment on "rename" for .desktop files (Issue #56)
- Show full filename/extention for .desktop files (Issue #56)
- Focus view when location selector is closed (Issue #420)
- Thunar shows wrong content after outside operations (Issue #355)
- Regression: Restore file menu section arrangement
- Use same README.md structure than other xfce projects
- Fall back to fast content type if regular is unavilable in file
attributes (!36)
- Fix Regressions around menu bar spinner (Issue #394)
- Fix error for custom date format in details view (issue #389)
- Add support for transparency in gtk-themes (!31)
- Regression: Apply accel keys only to current tab (Issue #386)
- Translation Updates:
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Armenian (Armenia), Basque, Bengali,
Catalan, Chinese (Hong Kong), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Eastern Armenian,

English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), Esperanto, Estonian,
Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian,
Interlingue, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål,
Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan (post 1500), Panjabi (Punjabi), Persian
(Iran), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Serbian,
Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Urdu

(Pakistan), Uyghur, Vietnamese,

lancsuk · 11-01-2020, 12:19 AM

thunar 1.8.16 is now available for download from

https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/th...1.8.16.tar.bz2
https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/th...6.tar.bz2?sha1
https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/th...tar.bz2?sha256

What is thunar?
===============

Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It
has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy-to-use. Its
user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include any
confusing or useless options. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good
start up time and directory load time. Thunar is accessible using
Assistive Technologies and is fully standards compliant.

Website:
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start

Release notes for 1.8.16
========================
Bugfix release for the xfce-4.14 branch

1.8.16
======
- Add missing parameter to ThunarBrowserPokeDeviceFunc function
- Fix error for custom date format in details view (issue #389)
- Fix unavailable rubber banding in detailed view (Issue #326)
- Ghost file ocasionally remains when dropping file into directory
(Fixes #312)
- Translation Updates:
Albanian, Armenian, Armenian (Armenia), Basque, Belarusian, Chinese
(China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Croatian, Eastern Armenian, Esperanto,
Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Interlingue,

Italian, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish,

cwizardone · 11-03-2020, 07:11 AM