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=== Customize the Xfce menu ===
 
=== Customize the Xfce menu ===
  
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It's done by edit of the menu configuration files with an editor such as vi.
 
Custom xfce menus can be located in places like: /etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu/menus
 
Custom xfce menus can be located in places like: /etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu/menus
 
  vi /etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu/menus/xfce-applications.menu
 
  vi /etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu/menus/xfce-applications.menu
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Say I want to remove mplayer from the Application -> Multimedia menu.
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rm /usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop
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Revision as of 22:34, 16 February 2015

XFCE - a lightweight and efficient Graphical Desktop envoronment for Linux/*nix XWindows (X.org).

 

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Software / Apps for xfce

Image Viewers

  • Ristretto - a lightweight image viewer. review: does not work. images partially load. stupid ui.
  • Geequi - also knon as gqview. review: best little image viewer currently available. single click folder nav should be optional but isn't. installation: apt-get install gqview

Web Browsers

  • Chromium
  • Firefox

Utility

  • Thunar File Manager
  • KeyMon

Media

  • MythTV
  • VLC Media Player

HowTo

Customize the Xfce menu

It's done by edit of the menu configuration files with an editor such as vi. Custom xfce menus can be located in places like: /etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu/menus

vi /etc/xdg/xdg-mythbuntu/menus/xfce-applications.menu

Say I want to remove mplayer from the Application -> Multimedia menu.

rm /usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop