Xubuntu Appreciation Thread

**llanitedave** · January 21st, 2013

Originally Posted by Elfy

Seperate theming for xubuntu isn't likely to happen officially I'm afraid.

I'm glad it won't happen. There are enough ideas and questions that cross DE-lines that there's no need to isolate users of one of them into a small subgroup. I like the size of the Ubuntu forums as they currently are --not too big, not too small.

If the community were to grow significantly, then it might be worthwhile to subdivide it some more, but not today.

**llanitedave** · January 21st, 2013

Originally Posted by Max Blyss

If you right click on the applications menu, you can change the icon. I don't like the rat, either.

You got a lot of nerve, undermining my beautiful whine with actual solutions!

(I'd forgotten about that, actually. And I've already used it elsewhere on the panel!)

So that's done. Now, I'm inspired to create some icons of my own!

**mips** · January 21st, 2013

Originally Posted by u-noob-tu

The ONLY thing I don't care for in XFCE is weak keyboard multimedia support, e.g. volume keys. They just don't work for me, and I've tried 2 different keyboards.

I think that's buggyness in the latest release. Have a read on their blog http://blog.xfce.org/

I've not had issues configuring multimedia keys or keybaord shortcuts yet.

**bmeakings** · January 22nd, 2013

I switched a few months ago as yet another Gnome 3 / Unity refugee. After trying a few alternative DE's I settled with Xfce, set it up like my old Gnome 2 desktop and I've been a happy user. I really like how most things are customisable while the desktop is not bloated. I absolutely love the Aquarius wallpaper, if I ever leave Xfce I'm taking it with me

Last week I made the full switch and upgraded my installation from Ubuntu 12.04 to Xubuntu 12.10.

The only issue I have is that the tooltips on the desktop are frickin' humongous. The other thing I don't like isn't to do with the desktop but the attitude that it's just for old computers. My system isn't a supercomputer but it's no slouch either, I'd rather it put its muscle into rendering games.

All I have to say to the Xfce and Xubuntu devs is keep up the good work

**Max Blyss** · January 22nd, 2013

Originally Posted by llanitedave

You got a lot of nerve, undermining my beautiful whine with actual solutions!

(I'd forgotten about that, actually. And I've already used it elsewhere on the panel!)

So that's done. Now, I'm inspired to create some icons of my own!

You got way more beans than me... Are they going to yank some of mine for solution - ing out of turn!?

**u-noob-tu** · January 23rd, 2013

Originally Posted by mips

I think that's buggyness in the latest release. Have a read on their blog http://blog.xfce.org/

I've not had issues configuring multimedia keys or keybaord shortcuts yet.

It's weird, when I press the volume up/down keys, the volume indicator shows up on the top right of the screen but the volume does not actually change even though the bar goes up/down with each press of the key. I have to click on the volume icon in the notification area to actually change the volume.

**llanitedave** · January 23rd, 2013

Originally Posted by Max Blyss

You got way more beans than me... Are they going to yank some of mine for solution - ing out of turn!?

My beans just aren't all that magical.

**llanitedave** · January 23rd, 2013

Originally Posted by bmeakings

I switched a few months ago as yet another Gnome 3 / Unity refugee. After trying a few alternative DE's I settled with Xfce, set it up like my old Gnome 2 desktop and I've been a happy user. I really like how most things are customisable while the desktop is not bloated. I absolutely love the Aquarius wallpaper, if I ever leave Xfce I'm taking it with me

Last week I made the full switch and upgraded my installation from Ubuntu 12.04 to Xubuntu 12.10.

The only issue I have is that the tooltips on the desktop are frickin' humongous. The other thing I don't like isn't to do with the desktop but the attitude that it's just for old computers. My system isn't a supercomputer but it's no slouch either, I'd rather it put its muscle into rendering games.

All I have to say to the Xfce and Xubuntu devs is keep up the good work

I've been a KDE person for a long time, mostly on the strength of their QT apps. Although I appreciate the KDE desktop, I'm having more and more difficulty preferring it to Xfce. Not to mention that the KDE apps look just as good on Xfce!

I just use the KDE apps on Xubuntu. If the Xubuntu default apps improve enough, they may just pull ahead.