On 24 January 2017 at 11:02, Philippe Lemaire <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello there, > > I'm a relatively new Fedora user, but I've been using Xfce on and off on > several distros such as Xubuntu, Mint, Debian, and Arch. > > From my understanding, Fedora spins tend to provide desktop experiences that > are close to the default setting for Gnome, Plasma, Xfce, and others. > > That's usually a reasonable approach, but in the case of Xfce, I think the > defaults are horrible and give a wrong impression of a lackluster and ugly > desktop environment. > Defaults are usually used in release screenshots and in reviews, and if you > compare Xubuntu and Fedora Xfce, you might get the impression that the > latter is far less polished. > > The differences are technically minimal, but can make a bit difference for > newcomers and reviewers. > This morning I installed xfce on my fedora 25 base and I spent about 30 > minutes configuring it to a state where it looks good (subjective), works > like I want (highly subjective) and it now is a very pleasant experience. > > Here are some things in the settings I did that I feel should be default > behavior, but are not : > > - Tile a window to the left / right with Super + Left / Right > - Maximize a window with Super + Up > - Don't drag a window across virtual desktops (since it clashes with snap to > edge behavior) > - Whisker menu > - Don't change focus when you simply scroll over a window > -Orage Time date plugin > > Can this kind of straight improvements be implemented in the spin, or has > this already been discussed to death and rejected?
The discussion usually goes like this: Person A: I think this is all ugly and needs fixing. Person putting Spin together: OK, can you send me what needs to be done? Person A: ..... Patches are welcome. They may or may not be agreed on later but having actual patches for what needs to be done in what files is what is needed. > Best regards, > > _______________________________________________ > xfce mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ xfce mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
