chrispop99 wrote:So you changed a major part of the desktop, then didn't like how it worked? I don't think that can be a valid criticism, surely?
It wasn't the major point of my comment. I went on to say:
NFT5 wrote: It was more a case of coming to grips with the differences in placement of the icons on the pane
chrispop99 wrote:On the assumption that you are referring to the USB Unmounter panel item, what were you trying to use it for? It was developed specifically to allow safe and easy removal of USB and optical devices. (See section 3.2.18 of the manual.)
No, the 'USB Unmounter' is in the Notifications area, not a separate plugin. This one is called 'Mount devices' with the description 'Shows all mountable devices and (un)mounts them on request'. On my system it shows mounted devices only and if a device is clicked on it shows a pop-up window with the message 'Failed to unmount device' and the UUID. The one in the menu works ok.
dolphin_oracle wrote:What was it you needed to set up with a config file?
Desktop icon text and backgrounds. Set up .gtkrc-2.0 in /home with
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style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0
base[NORMAL] = "#8c8c8c"
base[SELECTED] = "#ffffff"
base[ACTIVE] = "#000000"
fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff"
fg[SELECTED] = "#ffff00"
fg[ACTIVE] = "#d9d9d9"
}
widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"IIRC this also used to happen in an earlier version of MATE and there was a similar fix.
dolphin_oracle wrote:I think this may be a case where your extensive prior experience may be "in your way" so to speak.
Yes, I think you may be right. I'm unlearning as I go. For example, I resisted turning on the compositor because in other desktops it consumes big chunks of memory. When I did turn it on it seemed to make little difference. +1 for XFCE.
richb wrote:These anomalies are very easy to handle, and minor in my opinion.
Agreed. I'm in a business where attention to detail is everything so OCD comes naturally. Still, if they're fixable then it can only add to the value of MX-16 and make it an even better alternative. A complete newb would not have known to go looking for the icon text background fix or realised that the separators are the key to icon placement in a panel. Could have been a deal breaker that would have seen another potential user drift away, either to another Linux distro or back to Windows.
