Installing Xfce on a machine running Unity 3D

[Jim Byrnes]

On 11/02/2011 01:00 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 31 October 2011 01:13, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
>> On 10/30/2011 06:34 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:07:22 -0500
>>> Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>    wrote:
>>>
>>>> After trying Unity for awhile I just don't like it so I have been
>>>> looking for a substitute.  I've seen people recommend  using Xfce  or
>>>> running Xubuntu.  I ran Xubuntu in Virtual Box for awhile and like
>>>> it. Before I wipe Unity from my laptop and installed Xubuntu I wanted
>>>> to see what adding Xfce would do.  I had 11.10 running in Virtual Box
>>>> so I installed the Xfce desktop in it.
>>>>
>>>> One of the first things I noticed was the Unity style scrollbars were
>>>> being used by apps running on the Xfce desktop.  Since this style of
>>>> scrollbar  is one of the bigger annoyances I find in Unity it looks
>>>> like a reinstall is the best way for me to proceed.
>>>>
>>>> Is this normal behavior?  From what I read here I thought the two
>>>> desktop systems were separate and distinct from each other.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Jim
>>>>
>>> Why not just remove the offensive scrollbars?
>>>   <sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar>
>>>
>>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>
>> I had read that they could be removed, but I was just surprised that a Unity
>> feature would show up on an Xfce desktop. I thought that they were
>> completely separate.  If I want to use Xfce I guess the cleanest route to go
>> is just install Xunbutu.
>
> GNOME, Unity and Xfce are all based on the GTK+ programming libraries.
> So if Unity has applied a special theme to GTK, Xfce on the same
> install will inherit it.
>
Someone else mentioned basically the same thing but did not go into the 
GTK detail.  Thanks for the additional info.

Regards,  Jim