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How to add even more plugins to Xfce4

How to add even more plugins to Xfce4

When you install Xfce and follow the Arch wiki guide you can install the two main packagesxfce4xfce4-goodiesXfce4-goodies contains already a LOT of plugins. These plugins will work and are coming from the Arch repositories.You can add them to your xfce4 panel. Right...

How to autostart the conky in Xfce

How to autostart the conky in Xfce

Any application can be autostarted upon boot or you can decide NOT to autostart the applications, that are present there. Find "Session and Startup" in the menu. First we activate a conky to see that it is working. Then we show where you should add the conky to...

Changing the panels of xfce the easy way

Changing the panels of xfce the easy way

The best way is to just follow what I do in this video. Just know that this application is called xfce4-panel-profiles. Starting from 18.10 the newer package and its configuration are already installed. If you want to keep rolling and do not do a clean install then...

How to hide applications in your Xfce menu

How to hide applications in your Xfce menu

We open the menulibre applications via the whiskermenu and select the applications we do not want to see and choose hide from menu's. That is it. A file is being created in ~/.local/share/applications as you can see in the video.

Add applications menu back in xfce context menu

Add applications menu back in xfce context menu

When you right-mouse click on the desktop in Xfce you get a menu - let us call it the context-menu. Normally Xfce has at the very end a link to the applications. We decided to get rid of this menu because of the lesser quality of the icons. If you like to get it back...

How to set wallpapers in xfce, openbox and i3

How to set wallpapers in xfce, openbox and i3

Since we have so many new wallpapers to choose from, it seemed a good idea to show you in one video how to set your wallpaper in  xfce openbox i3 Submicron or Fernando Cruz, creator and donator of many beautiful wallpapers of ArcoLinux, has generously given us...

Add menu’s to your xfce menu for online applications

Add menu’s to your xfce menu for online applications

There are a lot of applications that are hosted online. Netflix.com Pixlr.com Google drive Onedrive Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint online Google Calendar Google Contacts Google Mail and so many more If you want to have a menu in your Xfce menu to those websites...

How to remove the shadow around the plank on Xfce

How to remove the shadow around the plank on Xfce

Depending on what system you are and what you might have accidentally deleted, you might get a sort of shadow next to the plank. There is an easy fix for that in the "Window Manager Tweaks". Make sure that "Show shadows under dock windows" is off in the compositor...

How to resize Xfce windows the easy way

How to resize Xfce windows the easy way

You can move about the windows in Xfce and put them in the corner (1/4th) or to the left or right (1/2th) or full screen. Resizing the windows can be done when going to the edges of the window and drag it into a direction. But also with the ALT key pressed  together...

Xfce has been updated to have Rofi keyboard shortcuts

Xfce has been updated to have Rofi keyboard shortcuts

OPENBOXXFCEWe have learned in this article that there will be new keyboard shortcuts to add the functionality of Rofi to the Xfce desktop. Openbox and i3 had already Rofi. Without a new keyboard configuration nothing will change. You do not need to follow this...