tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post7660708753563127068..comments2023-10-16T10:35:47.595+02:00Comments on Martin's Chronicles: Keeping up with Fedora 15 and XFCEMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-91524499757694772342011-05-27T21:08:48.970+02:002011-05-27T21:08:48.970+02:00I also was put off by no sound in XFCE. However, I...I also was put off by no sound in XFCE. However, I discovered by starting up the "Mixer" program (under the Sound & Video menu item), changing the sound card to be PulseAudio Mixer, then adding the Master control, I was now able to change the volume and get rid of the muting that seems to be the default.EdFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622819753204483017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-87783097147987351722011-04-30T21:49:15.250+02:002011-04-30T21:49:15.250+02:00I am by no means a Linux expert...but I must say t...I am by no means a Linux expert...but I must say that in using F13-F14, I have discovered more freedom in any other distros!! Trying F15 Beta vie Gnome3, I was incredibly disappointed at the lack of freedom from both the Gnome3 shell as well as with F15! It's also my understanding that there's a new system for networking on around the corner. I hope these changes are for the better!!! I have been ab avid Gnome + Compiz user ,and now I am done with gnome!!! xfce is dependable and lighting fast!! and it works with CompizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-60601431453710150052011-03-01T10:44:25.748+01:002011-03-01T10:44:25.748+01:00Hi nicu. Yup, the thumbnailing in xfce really suck...Hi nicu. Yup, the thumbnailing in xfce really sucks, at least in rawhide. For me thumbnails are never generated by themselves, but when nautilus generates them they appear in thunar as well, or opening in eog, evince or totem also makes them appear. But none of that work for desktop... Maybe bugzilla time? ;-)Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-32495907535772467492011-03-01T10:37:35.731+01:002011-03-01T10:37:35.731+01:00For me the biggest drawback to Xfce is, at silly a...For me the biggest drawback to Xfce is, at silly as it may sound, is not having the file content as a thumbnail for things on my desktop. I am lazy, keeping a lot of stuff handy on the desktop and the preview is really useful for finding content.<br /><br />I am also a "purist" using as much as I can only GTK+ apps (Kdenlive is the exception, being the best video editor I found in Fedora repos)... I can tell from distance the apps look alined and I know deep inside that the startup time is *also* influenced by the need o load in memory yet another set of libs.nicuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787116898361050437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-46036290583328619832011-02-28T20:49:42.208+01:002011-02-28T20:49:42.208+01:00@Kevin Kofler: Thanks for the heads up, I'll t...@Kevin Kofler: Thanks for the heads up, I'll try that out.<br /><br />As for the qt/gtk thingie. Yes, I can see the theme is same (I actually use one qt app for which there is no equivalent in gtk), but there are still various details like spacing, icons, general UI concepts, font rendering that make it look different and out of place nevertheless. Maybe I'm just oversensitive to these kinds of things, after all there are people that could not tell nodoka from clearlooks apart while to me they look completely different…Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-71486867121960205242011-02-28T18:28:20.561+01:002011-02-28T18:28:20.561+01:00> New gdm does not let you choose session,
Thi...<i>> New gdm does not let you choose session,</i><br /><br />This should be fixed in <a href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdm-2.91.6-9.fc15" rel="nofollow">gdm-2.91.6-9.fc15</a> which got pushed to stable already. If it's still broken, reopen the bug (or open a new one, the referenced bug isn't really about the same issue), and try another displaymanager, e.g. LXDM or KDM.<br /><br /><i>> What I really try to avoid though is using qt apps in gtk based environment and vice versa. No matter how similar theme you select, they always look too out of place.</i><br /><br />Qt actually <b>uses</b> GTK+ (well, GTK+ 2 still, but so do several GTK+ apps) for drawing if you use the QGtkStyle, so I don't see how it can look out of place…Kevin Koflerhttp://www.tigen.org/kevin.kofler/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-14480649905693147392011-02-28T15:41:52.540+01:002011-02-28T15:41:52.540+01:00@Eric: I believe the it's not missing by desig...@Eric: I believe the it's not missing by design, but because no-one implemented it yet. AFAIK it's going to be added back again.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-30326602827948839452011-02-28T15:30:07.780+01:002011-02-28T15:30:07.780+01:00I forgot to say that gdm now allowing you to chang...I forgot to say that gdm now allowing you to change your session should be considered huge bug! Is that something that's going to change? Otherwise I may go to KDM or XDMErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429743489260948178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-71390817310151050382011-02-28T15:26:53.138+01:002011-02-28T15:26:53.138+01:00Sounds good. Back before I went to KDE, I was rea...Sounds good. Back before I went to KDE, I was really enjoying Xfce as a great GTK-based DE.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429743489260948178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-60303215075206782642011-02-28T10:43:46.617+01:002011-02-28T10:43:46.617+01:00@Jaroslav "Rezza" Reznik: Look at it as ...@Jaroslav "Rezza" Reznik: Look at it as a figure of speech. What I mostly meant was replacing things too tightly tied with gnome (like nautilus) or apps/services negatively (from my POV) affected by the gnome3 design (like gnome-screen-saver or gnome-power-manager). <br /><br />What I really try to avoid though is using qt apps in gtk based environment and vice versa. No matter how similar theme you select, they always look too out of place.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184701134359021954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447920200692352023.post-63208632230061746772011-02-28T10:29:12.937+01:002011-02-28T10:29:12.937+01:00Why complete degnomization? If I understand correc...Why complete degnomization? If I understand correctly - you are not satisfied with current Gnome shell design but not with apps... I have to admit - I don't understand this one DE, one sort of apps :)<br />/me as Plasma user using KDE Applications, pure Gtk apps, sometimes Gnome apps, not anymore Windows ones in Wine :)))Rezzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082731634359611968noreply@blogger.com