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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #45 on Feb 3, 2011, 5:40pm »

You guys do relize the default install of compiz is one desktop. If you want more you have to use the compisconfig setting manager to change it. I would be a lost puppy with out 4 desktops and sometimes wishing for more but to lazy to set up six.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #46 on Feb 3, 2011, 5:52pm »

Feb 3, 2011, 5:40pm, 62chevy wrote:

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General Options at top center of the window, Desktop Size, Number of Desktops.
Can you move the slider? I couldn't with SalineOS. I can with Archbang. This leads me to believe that the Arch version of compiz is the area where improvements were implemented.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #47 on Feb 3, 2011, 7:03pm »

Figured you knew but had to ask. I tried compiz when I got my new computer and installed Squeeze. I found it annoying. I turned off some off the features in Xfce for the same reason. Must have spent to many years on Window Maker, no features but lots of docks.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #48 on Feb 3, 2011, 8:29pm »

I wouldn't use compiz if I didn't have to, either.

Do you run Gnustep on windowmaker?

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #49 on Feb 3, 2011, 11:16pm »

I tried the slider, messed around with some other settings, tried the slider again, repeat ,repeat, repeat. I probably spent 20 minutes doing that this afternoon, nothing I tried could get that stupid slider to budge.

As I said, it's a problem with LXDE, they're "working on it." (we'll see)

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #50 on Feb 3, 2011, 11:44pm »

Maybe 4.8 will fix it or one of its' minor releases.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #51 on Feb 4, 2011, 12:14am »

To enable multiple desktops in Xfce with Compiz open the CompizConfig settings manager, ensure Gnome Compatibility is checked, click General Options and click the Desktop Size tab. Move the Horizontal Virtual Size slider to 4. You can now enable a desktop cube or whatever else you like.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #52 on Feb 4, 2011, 9:28am »

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I'm right there with you on E17. I'd really like to use it, but I can not keep it running for more than a day.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #53 on Feb 4, 2011, 1:15pm »

Feb 4, 2011, 12:14am, Anthony Nordquist wrote:

If Xfce takes after Gnome so much why do people compare it to KDE so much.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #54 on Feb 4, 2011, 1:18pm »

Feb 4, 2011, 9:28am, sykekeeper wrote:

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I'm right there with you on E17. I'd really like to use it, but I can not keep it running for more than a day.

I was trying the 1.0 release the other day to see if it was any more stable but I couldn't get my graphics card driver to install properly on my older computer. I might have to try PCLOS E17 when they get 1.0 because it already comes with the driver installed and there aren't a lot of distros running E17.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #55 on Feb 4, 2011, 1:25pm »

GNOME and Xfce are both GTK based whereas KDE uses the QT libraries. Comparing Xfce to KDE is like comparing Apples to Oranges.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #56 on Feb 4, 2011, 2:07pm »

Really, comparing any desktop to another is not a good comparison. Each one has its own code and its own set of features and quirks. Some are more similar to one than another but none are the same as another.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #57 on Feb 4, 2011, 3:27pm »

Feb 4, 2011, 12:14am, Anthony Nordquist wrote:

You should not have to check gnome compatibilty to get 4 desktops. My instructions for setting the number of desktops in this thread are correct.

Changing the horizontal size is a workaround. I believe either the Cube or Wall plugins must also be checked for this workaround to work.

You still can't change the number of desktops with slider and you should be able to.

The number of desktops can be changed with gconf-editor under Apps, Compiz, but this is still a workaround and only for gnome or xfce not lxde.

Only moving the number of desktops slider will work for lxde.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #58 on Feb 4, 2011, 4:08pm »

Feb 4, 2011, 3:27pm, cristobal wrote:

Feb 4, 2011, 12:14am, Anthony Nordquist wrote:

I am not an expert on Compiz so my instructions might not have been the best. But, they do work with Xfce (You maybe right on needing to enable the desktop cube, not sure on this). I never really used Compiz for any amount of time as it's such a resource hog.

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Re: What comes after Xfce?
« Reply #59 on Feb 4, 2011, 4:26pm »

Your method does work very well for xfce. Both the horizontal and vertical size have to do with Cube spinning and flipping.

I can't remember the exact location of the gconf setting. It might have been Apps, Compiz, Screen0, Plugins, but there is a number of desktop settings as well as horizontal and vertical size that can all be adjusted.

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