I have been working with XFCE a little bit and I wanted to see what some people have done to make it seem/act more like gnome 2.32. In my case, I use pretty much the default LMDE desktop, but with the mint menu and (depending on how I feel

I tried xfwm4 --replace but this just caused Compiz to stop working. I'd much rather avoid Emerald because it seems rather unstable and most of those glossy Emerald themes are not to my taste. But I'll try the fusion-icon method and see how it goes. Thanks.wyrdoak wrote:I'm using Emerald for my window decorations. have you tried xfwm4 --replace in the window decorations command line?
BTW: I've found it works better if you DON"T set up Compiz to autostart, set up only the Fusion Icon to autostart.
Auto Start Command: fusion-icon
Looks like you need: gtk-window-decorator --replace like Roken pointed out. I haven't had too much of an instability problem with Emerald, works better than it did in Gnome for me, once I found something that I could live with and stopped playing with it.kijin wrote:
I tried xfwm4 --replace but this just caused Compiz to stop working. I'd much rather avoid Emerald because it seems rather unstable and most of those glossy Emerald themes are not to my taste. But I'll try the fusion-icon method and see how it goes. Thanks.
That worked like a charm, thanks. I'm using the Equinox Evolution theme. Had to go into gconf-editor to set the theme manually.wyrdoak wrote:Looks like you need: gtk-window-decorator --replace like Roken pointed out.
I like Compiz's window switcher. I also find that the smooth animation when changing workspaces helps me remember which workspace I'm on. Expo too.wyrdoak wrote:I use Expo and for some reason wobbly windowsis the main reason for Compiz. I mainly set up the cube to get the Xfce window switcher to work with Compiz.
kijin wrote: I like Compiz's window switcher. I also find that the smooth animation when changing workspaces helps me remember which workspace I'm on. Expo too.
But wobbly windows? Seriously? lol
Actually, an even smoother way is to edit this file (root permission):jjaythomas wrote:Compiz or xfwm4...
it seems more stable if delete xfwm4 from session "menu-settings-'session and Startup' and then manually start comiz and resave session in "menu-settings-'session and Startup' (no need to autostart 'FusionIcon') and you won't be startin xfwm4 just to replace it with compiz.
Hint you can also deleate 'xfdesktop' from session and diferent wallpapers per desktop (wallpaper plugin) and/or cube faces work not to mention pager in panel.![]()
J.Jay