Ubuntu Servers :: Install The Xubuntu - XFCE - Desktop ?
Aug 19, 2010I know I can have the gnome desktop on my server by typing:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
But can I install the xubuntu (XFCE) desktop instead?
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Ubuntu Installation :: Creating An Extremely Minimal Version Of Xubuntu Using XFCE - Go With Mini.iso Or The Xubuntu Alternate Install CD ?
Jan 12, 2010I was thinking of creating an extremely minimal version of Xubuntu using XFCE. I have a Dell Mini 9, a netbook that uses a wireless-g card requiring bcmwl-kernel-source to work.What I would like to do is use either the alternate CD or mini.iso minimal install file to perform a command line install-style installation of the system.So far, what I am thinking (from reading this [url].... article:
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http:[url].....is to start off with these packages to begin with:
xorg
slim (if possible with 9.10, unsure if it is still available. in short, i want to use a lightweight display manager)
xfce4
xfce4-goodies
xubuntu-default-settings
bcmwl-kernel-source
aptitude
My opening questions are: Should I go with mini.iso or the Xubuntu Alternate Install CD (or the Ubuntu one)? If so, which one? What additional packages will I need to make the hardware accessible and fully functional? All I can think of so far would be sound (I'd like to stay away from PulseAudio if possible, it wreaks havoc with my computer), my webcam, and the memory card slot, if additional packages are needed for it?What other "core" packages should I include in this list? Should I include Synaptic, or other packages, and why?What do I need to take into consideration, since this is both a directly- and battery-powered computer?
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post regarding a "Ubuntu-Desktop-Minimal"-type system.
Ubuntu :: Desktop Dead After Upgrade Xfce 4.8 (Xubuntu 10.10)?
Mar 10, 2011I installed Xubuntu 10.10, fresh i don't configure or installed another program, i only installed nvidia drivers (I have a Geforce 9600 GT video card). The entire operating system, and xfce 4.6 was working fine. After, I make an upgrade to xfce 4.8, and when i loged on, everything loaded ok: xfce 4.8 version is working fine, the panels loaded and i can add items.
But there is a problem: My wallpaper image doesn't appear on desktop (only brown solid color), it doesn't show icons, i can't change wallaper in configuration panel (i can add an image but it does not appear in desktop), when I plug in a pendrive usb icon does no appear. And when I right click on the deadspace on the background the right click menu does not come up.
When i open desktop folder in thunar there is information, but icon files does not appear in desktop I thing that maybe is a setting that i can solve typing something in terminal, but i don't know what, i searched in google and in this forum and i found only one post but not related to xfce 4.8 and it was not useful[URL]...
Ubuntu :: During Switching Bitween Xubuntu, Xfce Desktop Environment Lost Task Bar?
Jun 30, 2011I'm using ubuntu 11.4 ,during switching bitween ubunu, xubuntu, xfce desktop environment I lost my task bar. now I have no access to all the software.the only icons I can see are the ones I had on the desktop.
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Feb 19, 2011I was wondering if it would be secure to add xubuntu-desktop to my server and then open RDP so my colleuges can jump in and out as they need to. Would it bring any major security risks to my server to do this?I have heard there are ways to put a chroot around an RDP session, so it is like logging into a virtual machine, how would I go about that?
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Jul 19, 2010Looking for a light desktop for a P3/512MB I installed xubuntu and I felt it slow. For a test, just tried installing lubuntu and it was so fast compared to xubuntu. The word here is I would like to move to xfce. Doing another test, I installed Debian Lenny + xfce and was way much faster than xubuntu.
My question: Can I install Ubuntu Desktop command only + xfce ? Is it going to be faster than xubuntu? Is there another recommendation for a debian based distro with xfce which runs faster than xubuntu?
Ubuntu :: Create A Dvd That Contains Server Desktop And Alternate Install Opptions - And All Four Main Desktop Environments (gnome - Kde - Xfce - Lxde) And Unity?
Aug 12, 2011is it would be possible create a Ubuntu dvd that contains the ubuntu server desktop and alternate install opptions, as well as all four main desktop environments (gnome, kde, xfce, lxde) and unity. since much of the data is redundant between each version cd's it would probably all fit on one disk. then all that would be needed is two disks one for 32 bit and another for 64 bit. i really think that this could work.
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Jun 5, 2010After installing ubuntu, if one wants to try other desktop variants, whether installing KDE-desktop / XFCE-desktop over ubuntu is the same as installing Kubuntu / Xubuntu over ubuntu? If not, what is the difference, which is better?
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Jul 3, 2010I have a netbook with Ubuntu 10.04 installed on it, then I installed the netbook-launcher via synaptic. I then installed xfce4 from synaptic (not xubuntu-desktop). What's the difference,if any, between installing xubuntu,and installing ubuntu then installing xfce?I know that the themes, splash, gdm theme, and default apps are different. But is that it? Is my system still effectively Ubuntu?
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Aug 2, 2011Is it possibile to update XFCE from 4.6 to 4.8 in Xubuntu 10.04 64 bit?It seems like every guide on the internet refers only to 10.04 32 bit release, 10.11 (32 and 64bit), but no Lucid 64 bit!
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Dec 2, 2010I just installed a fresh copy of Xubuntu 10.10 on a penstick and everything was working fine at work and at home. Now when I got to the work this morning I connected the stick to my office network and I got this error: PHP Code:
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Ubuntu :: Revert Xubuntu Back To XFCE?
May 21, 2011Xubuntu 11.04 is skinned to how Canonical felt it would be best, now I do like it, but I was wondering if there is a way to get XFCE to the way it actually looks by removing all skinning?
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Dec 24, 2010how secure a default install of Xubuntu desktop 10.04 is when connected to the internet with a routable, public ip address. If anyone can give some recommendations on any changes/additions they would make to improve security
View 2 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Install Xen With Xfce Desktop Environment
Mar 4, 2011i am trying to install xen on Debian with xfce desktop environment. The instruction for xen at the following link
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says it is required to do the following:
- The Linux hotplug system (e.g., /sbin/hotplug and related scripts. I have downloaded the package "hotplug-2004_03_29.tar" and uzipped the package. I have the following files/packages:
testusr@debian:~/Downloads/hotplug-2004_03_29$ ls
ChangeLog etc hotplug.spec mkinstalldirs sbin
debian hotplug.8 Makefile README
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Ubuntu :: Xubuntu 10.10 Error When Booting Into Xfce From Work To Home
Dec 2, 2010I just installed a fresh copy of Xubuntu 10.10 on a penstick and everything was working fine at work and at home. Now when I got to the work this morning I connected the stick to my office network and I got this error:
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Could not look up internet address for localhost.localdomain.This will prevent Xfc from operating correctly.It may be possible to correct this problem by adding localhost.localdomain to the file /etc/hosts on your system
Why did this error present itself if nothing was changed? All that was done was that is was tested at work and at home.
Debian Multimedia :: How Come Same Font Smaller In Xfce Than Xubuntu
Nov 24, 2013When trying to make my Xfce desktop in Debian 7 (wheezy) look the same way as in Xubuntu 12.04 (precise), I am able to (by copying some files from Xubuntu packages) make the fonts render the same way, set up the same desktop and icon themes etc and make everything look identical, with the exception of the fonts...
Since that, if I choose the font "Sans 10" for my desktop, in Debian - with all the same anti-aliasing options, and such, that I use in Xubuntu - the text looks smaller, everywhere, compared to Xubuntu.
So... How come this happens, if I have chosen the same font "Sans" with the same size "10"?
Below, are the different results, depending on the OS in question.
In Debian Xfce, I get this:
While, in Xubuntu, I get this:
I remember this same thing happening, once, when I was experimenting with setting up an Openbox desktop environment, on top of an Ubuntu 12.04 command line install, where, if I used LightDM, as the login manager, I would observe this same font size "reduction" (in, at least, some of the applications), with the theme I was trying to set up, while, if I used GDM, as the login manager, I would not observe this same font size reduction. (And, so, it seemed that some GTK library(?), being used by the GDM, prevented this from happening(?)...)
Also, I read somewhere, on the Internet, that Xubuntu builds Xfce on top of GNOME(?) (libraries, I guess)...
Could it be that, by installing some GTK library, the fonts will "return" to normal size? Or, do I have to configure something else, somewhere?
(P.S. - I've also tried choosing the size "11", in Debian Xfce - in case it's a matter of different values used, for the numbers, in each OS - but, if I do so, it only makes the text bigger than in Xubuntu, with the size "10"...)
Debian Installation :: XFCE Desktop Didn't Appear After Install
Sep 16, 2014I am trying to make it in preseed-installation,but a problem have occured.I used
debian-7.6.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso
,and my preseed.cfg is as follows.
Code: Select alld-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/country string JP
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-i localechooser/supported-locales en_US.UTF-8
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us
d-i console-setup/charmap select UTF-8
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OpenSUSE Install :: Change Desktop From GNOME To XFCE?
Aug 7, 2011How to change desktop from GNOME to XFCE ?
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Oct 6, 2010I downloaded the 6.06 version of xubuntu because i have a laptop that doesnt support high graphics mode, and i wasnt able to figure out how to get it to run in low graphics mode. i figured that i would get a version from a while back, and then update it up to the current version. now, to the problem. I was able to upgrade 6.10, but now it says Ubuntu version 8.04 available, so i tried to update it. it gets most of the way through the part where it says calculating or something like that, and then it says: "Can't install 'xubuntu-desktop' It was impossible to install a required package. Please report this as a bug." with an option that says close at the bottom. when i click close another window pops up that says: Could not calculate the upgrade A unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. This can be caused by:
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
If none of this applies, then please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport. Then the window just closes... anything that i could do to get rid of this problem? EDIT: Is there any way to update directly from an .iso file on the desktop?
Ubuntu :: Xubuntu Desktop On 11.04?
Jul 31, 2011I have Ubuntu 11.04 on a laptop. I want to try out Xubuntu, but when I try and download it in synaptic, it says that it would have to get rid of Ubuntu desktop.
Is that a bug, or did I do something to make it like that? And is it possible get xubuntu desktop without removing ubuntu desktop?
Ubuntu :: Xubuntu Not Booting Desktop?
Mar 1, 2011Ubuntu doesn't load. While booting, it displays an error message saying some of the lists in ipblock couldn't be loaded, followed by a red-coloured "[fail]". Then, the screen goes black and shows nothing more. So, how do I stop ipblock from starting at startup (from the command line)?
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Apr 24, 2010Is there a way to try out LXDE on my Xubuntu desktop and switch between the two? (Like you can with Gnome/KDE installed at the same time)
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Error Installing Xubuntu-desktop?
Jun 5, 2010I've just installed ubuntu and am trying to install xubuntu desktop. when I run the command: aptitude install xubuntu-desktop...here's what I get:The following new packages will be installed:grub-efi{a}0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 will not be upgraded.Need to get OB/818KB of archives. After unpacking 2269 KB will be used.Do you want to continue ? Yetc etc.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/grub_ef1_-1ubuntu_i386.deb
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/grub-mkimage' which is also in package grub-pc
dpkg-deb subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
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Ubuntu :: Xubuntu Mounted Drives On Desktop?
Jul 27, 2010I have installed Xubuntu on an old laptop which has a floppy disk.
On the desktop where mounted drives will normally appear, it constantly shows the floppy disk on the desktop even though there is not floppy inside, so I have disabled the desktop from showing mounted drives, however now anything else like a CD or USB drive will not show up on the desktop. Is there a way to choose what types of devices are shown on the desktop?
I have considered disabling the floppy from the BIOS(assuming that is possible), but I would rather not go down that road just yet.
Ubuntu :: Xubuntu Desktop Black Screen?
Apr 5, 2011ive just installed Xubuntu Desktop on to my computer, it runs fine, everything loads and so on. but after i log on the bottom 3rd of my screen is completely black
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Nov 27, 2010I tried out Xubuntu 10.10 on one of my older computers. Got it installed without a problem. Added the restricted driver module that I needed Nvidia, added the Compiz settings manager, but I cant seem to find a way to enable desktop effects. I realize that Xubuntu uses the XFCE window manger which is sort of light weight compared to Gnome or KDE, so I am asking if anyone has managed to get the desktop effects running in a similar environment. I checked and observed that the nvidia module has been loaded.
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Jan 8, 2010I have a computer with xubuntu 9.10 and a pc with kubuntu 9.10, and I need to operate on the xubuntu desktop from kubuntu. On KDE there are Krfb/krdc for the desktop, but what can i install on xubuntu to do this?
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Mar 6, 2011I run Xubuntu 9.10. I can right click on a file and do 'Send to' - 'Mail Recipient' on any file as long as the file is viewed on Thunar. But I don't have the option 'Send to' when I right click a file on the Desktop.
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May 27, 2011I have installed Xubuntu 11.04 to dual boot with older LTS version. When booting 11.04 it auto shows LTS root & home volumes on desktop. I wish to hide them (home encrypted anyway.)
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May 24, 2010i have just done something silly. I have Xubuntu installed and i opened Window Desktop Tweak i think and stupidly i enabled Composting and slid all the sliders the wrong way and now i cant see any of my windows .
What do i do or how can i correct this as i cant see anything ?
