[olpc-help] Xfce: first steps?

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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
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> Any particular reason why a fairly heavy desktop like XFCE4, as opposed 
> to one of the ultralights like IceWM, FluxBox or Gnustep Windowmaker? 
> When I abandoned Gnome and KDE a couple of years ago, I ran XFCE4.2 for 
> a while. But when XFCE4.4 betas started to come out, they seemed only 
> slightly lighter weight than Gnome.
> 
> So I tried most of the really lightweight desktops/window managers, 
> ranging from glorified XTerm switchers to Afterstep, etc. I ended up 
> torn between Enlightenment and WindowMaker, but I went with WindowMaker 
> and I'm still on it.
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No particular reason except these:

1. I found a good community of people working on it with good 
documentation, and I needed help to get my bearings.

2. I wanted a good file manager (Thunar) and a nice text editor 
(Mousepad). They both came with Xfce.

I've learned enough now to get a lighter WM working, so I might try that 
next. Heck, this is a toy and I can always get back where I started.

Do you have brightness and volume control? Do you have an MP3 player?

Tell us more.

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