On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:49:14 +0000 Ron Leach <[email protected]> wrote:
> Adam Miller wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:59:57AM -0500, Brock Hudson wrote: > > <SNIP> > >> I was wondering if we should have > >> kind of a "basics of Xfce page" since the front page of > >> fedoraproject.org has that for gnome. It explains what > >> applications do what etc. This is just an idea for now. I don't > >> have anything specific in mind but if you guys do please lets > >> collaborate on something. > > > > That would be awesome if you were willing to spend the time writing > > it up! > > > > As a newcomer to XFCE, the topic I found most difficult was trying to > add anything to the 'applications menu' that pops up in the bottom > left corner. > > Another issue that I've never really grasped is the '4 desktops' that > you see on the bottom panel. I wasn't sure whether or how these > differed, and what use (in the sense of example use cases) these > multiple windows were. > > The third item I did straightaway, which other newcomers might want > to, is choose a window/application 'style' that consumed least 'real > estate' on the screen, because I run F13 and F14 on netbooks with > 1024x600. So I chose a style that had the smallest 'top bar' for > each application window. > > I'm by no means a skilled user of Fedora or XFCE, but I am very happy > using it and achieving just about everything I seek to do. I just > offer these ideas for intro text because I found them either > difficult (one and two, above) or useful (three). > > Hope this helps > > regards, Ron > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list > [email protected] > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce Thanks Ron, That kind of info is what I am looking for when making an introduction guide. Those four windows on your panel are your virtual desktops, if you haven't already researched that : ) I use Xfce on my netbook as well, however my netbook is just for surfing and basic word processing. I configured my xfce install for my netbook, meaning it doesn't look like a traditional desktop, it's geared towards the fact that a netbook is a low power machine intended for internet and basic word processing uses. _______________________________________________ xfce mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
