Xfce 4.4.2 is now available. It’s the second maintenance release in the 4.4 stable series, focusing on fixing bugs and updating translations.
Xfce 4.4.2 Changes include:
Window Manager (xfwm4):
Be more relax with transients, allow transients to be sticky independently of their parent window (Bug #3296).
Fix xfwm4 hanging with gtk+-2.11.x (Bug #3346).
Plug a leak in mouse button [...]
As Danny Baumann promised on the 0.6.0 announcement of Compiz, here is another Compiz release, version 0.6.2, which fixes a problem that could allow stacking desktop windows over normal windows the moment they are mapped. This could result in normal windows and/or panels not being visible when compiz is launched with the Gnome or KDE [...]
“Let’s build the Desktop of the future”
Introducing
Project Looking Glass 3D, or LG3D for short, is a revolutionary method of user interaction with their computers - a 3D Desktop actually.
This method allows users to utilize 3D capabilities of their computers, resulting in having a stunning 3D environment and more user-friendly touch.
LG3D developed by Sun and Open-Source community, using Java, for [...]
Beryl is simply creating some of the most exciting and innovative work on any computing platform. Amazingly, Beryl came into existence only 6 months or so ago. The Beryl project originally forked from the Compiz 3d desktop group around September of 2006. At the time I had a hard time understanding why we needed another [...]
Beryl with Xgl
In this method we would be setting up Beryl to run on Xgl. This is the recommended way to run Beryl or Compiz on openSUSE as other methods (AIGLX/NVIDIA) still do not provide reliable performance.
Prerequisites:
nVidia Card (> geforce 4), or
Relevant Intel Card, or
Relevant ATI Card
1.
nVidia card: Install the [...]
Xfce is another Open Source Desktop Manager like KDE or GNOME, that has traditionally been known for being lightweight and able to run more efficiently on slower hardware. Through the years Xfce has gradually added more features, but still has kept the bloat down to a minimum. With the long awaited release of version 4.4, [...]
A new bug fix release of Xfce 4.2 is available. This release is supposed to be the last release for the 4.2 branch. It includes several fixes ported from the current developpment branch. This release should not be confused with the upcoming Xfce 4.4 release.
All Xfce modules are available in one single tarball from our [...]
If you are a Linux enthusiast, chances are good that you already know everything I am about to say. Chances are even better that you tried a variety of desktop environments before settling on one. If you are a newer Linux user though, say, from the Ubuntu or SuSE crowd, it may be that you [...]
YaST is a great tool for dealing with packages, designed perfectly for beginners. You can install packages, remove them, update, and even protect them. SUSE comes with a lot of packages, but maybe you want a package not provided due to licensing issues. There are repositories that provide this type of package, but SUSE needs [...]
XglSnow is a plug-in for beryl that brings the familiar xsnow christmas and winter feeling to the X-desktop. A really cool and cold plugin for your Xgl desktop, especially considering the coming Christmas and New Year.
Features:
Snowflakes falling in a 3D space
Configurable
Number of snowflakes
Speed of snowflakes fall
3D space
More on plugin >>>>>
Since XFCE 4.4 will not no longer be able to advertise its low system requirements, I suppose we’re entitled to expect more of it, right?
There is an “official” Xfce Wish List, but here are my own annoyances with Xfce.
At first sight, a vanilla XFCE does not look bad, and it looks even better in Zenwalk. [...]
FVWM-Crystal is an eye-candy, functional and ultra-fast desktop environment for GNU/Linux, based on FVWM. Crystal can be used even on very old machines, thus it is a noticeable alternative to popular desktop choices like XFCE or Fluxbox.
FVWM is one of the oldest window managers for the X Window System. It is actually so old that [...]
The first release candidate of the upcoming Xfce 4.4 desktop is now available for download. This release fixes a lot of bugs that were present in the second beta release, but also introduces new features, like the trash support in Thunar and xfdesktop. Besides that, this release also includes Xarchiver 0.4.0. See the release notes [...]
A good quick start guide from howtoforge if you are looking forward to trying out E17 as your desktop environment.
Enlightenment 17 or E17 as it is generally called, is a cool Window Manager for X. The latest stable version of Enlightenment is E16 (0.16.8.1). In this article we will talk about the latest CVS build [...]
Have you ever had interest or curiousity of running another “desktop environment” on SUSE, apart from KDE, Gnome and XFCE. There is a nice article writen by Scott M.Morris on Novell’s Coolsolution page titled “Enlightenment .17: Here Comes the Eyecandy”, explaining on how to install one on SUSE. It is actually very easy and simple. [...]
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