XFCE4 Install under Dapper

[Frank McCormick]

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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:16:17 -0600
Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:

> Raymond Lillard wrote:
> > Jani Monoses wrote:
> >>> Actually, XFCE4 is a meta package that will install enough components
> >>> to  have a XFCE4 desktop, as mentioned though, XFCE4 is not in its
> >>> prime right now. 
> >>
> >> xfce4 is no longer recommended, use xubuntu-desktop instead. Although
> >> for those wishing to use xfce4 without the rest of xubuntu apps I
> >> guess the former metapackage will need to be updated to reflect the
> >> current changes.
> > 
> > 
> > Not recommended since when and by whom?  I use it on
> > other OSs and it works quite well.  In several ways
> > I prefer it to Gnome.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Indeed - I dont mind KDE/Gnome if I was a recent Windows user however, I
> prefer XFCE4 over any WM out there (with the exception of Blackbox et al).
> 
> Not to mention the the top 3 WM for bloat are KDE/GNome/Enlightenment.
> 
> I prefer the leaner, meaner WM for my needs.  I understand the idea of
> Xubuntu but I feel (just an opinion guys and gals) leaving XFCE4 out of
> the main distro might be a mistake.
> 
> 
> I would really hate to see XFCE4 left out - Just my .02 worth.
> 
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   I ***think*** he is talking about XFCE4 as a MEANS of installing XFCE, not as a window manager. There was never any question about it being left out. His suggestion is you want XFCE is to apt-get xubuntu-desktop.


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Cheers

Frank

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