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kaldor
July 11th, 2008, 05:48 AM
Why does Xubuntu look almost the same as Gnome? Isn't Xfce supposed to be a completely different DE?
OutOfReach
July 11th, 2008, 06:30 AM
I read somewhere that Xfce and GNOME are both based on GTK+.
Maybe thats why they look alike?
coffeecat
July 11th, 2008, 12:23 PM
Why does Xubuntu look almost the same as Gnome?

Because that's the way Ubuntu has set it up. A default Xfce is alarmingly minimalistic, but it is very customisable. A quick Google with 'customise Xfce' came up with this (http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/design-your-own-desktop-with-xfce-44/). Not sure I'd want Xfce looking like Vista, but it's a start. I'm sure you can find other links. :wink:

All right then. Here's another one (http://wiki.xfce.org/). That should keep you out of mischief. :p
gvigorus
September 4th, 2008, 07:33 AM
Yep, XFCE is super customizable. Check out this site:
http://www.xfce-look.org/
There's all kinds of stuff out there in therms of eye candy:D