Installing Xfce on a machine running Unity 3D

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:13:40 -0500
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.
> 
> Thanks,  Jim
> 
Only if you want to bring in all the preferred Xubuntu programs.  I
installed XFCE4 by itself, let it bring in only its own requirements
and am very happily using my standard mix of programs no matter who
wants me to use what.  Same with LXDE instead of Lubuntu.  It, also,
brings in the Lubuntu team's set programs which mimic the Ubuntu
choices but don't really replace them.  Just LXDE (or XFCE4) and its own
dependencies is a lot easier on the old hard drive space, too.

Cybe R. Wizard
-- 
When Windows are opened the bugs come in.
	Winduhs