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Jejy69 · Last edited by Jejy69 on Fri 23 Nov 2012, 09:31; edited 4 times in total

Hello shipmates!
Hoist the mainsail! Get ready for the action stations !
Stay the course, we are in sight of the Xfce 4.10 desktop!

Yes, we are back, this time with the famous galleon... Hmm... not Galleon... Ah yeah... the famous desktop, Xfce, the last one ! Very Happy

I hope you're ready, we are far to shorten sail !

Okay, I prepared Xfce 4.10, with a nice look, again with Slacko... But other distributions will follow' I hope!
Some wanted Xfce, it's done!

I have called it this time, "Valiant Ship" relevant to Wallpaper. Mr. Green

http://xfce.org/about/tour

Issue(s):
Remove doesn't work sometimes with folders...

Screenshots :

If you want to try, ISO here : https://sourceforge.net/projects/latestxfcepuppy/
ISO size : 135mo !

Welcome aboard the White Pearl !

JackWagon · Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 37 Location: dead center, USA

Jejy69 · Posted: Tue 31 Jul 2012, 16:12 Post subject:

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Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1508 Location: Ontario Canada

I did a manual frugal install to an 8gb flash drive.
I installed mesa+devx+kernelsourcesfs+NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.22.run

I found that pets need to be installed from rox or by using petget from
the terminal.

I've only been using this for a bit, will continue testing.
No major problems so far Smile

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4768 Location: Kentucky

Another quick test run live pfix=ram....... all basics working on initial boot.Sound,internet and display all working and correct.More testing......

Jejy69 · Posted: Wed 01 Aug 2012, 15:07 Post subject:

Hello !

Ok, thanks, I need to work on default actions files. Smile

Ray MK · Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 681 Location: UK

Really like this version - everything seems fine, just using it - as is - for the moment.

No problems with normal browsing and/or file management that I've noticed yet.

The XFCE setup is very comprehensive - nice.

For me - this one is a winner.

Thanks again - very best regards - Ray

Jejy69 · Posted: Thu 02 Aug 2012, 05:25 Post subject:

Hi Ray MK ! Smile

You can get an error when deleting a folder is not empty. "Invalid cross-device link".
In case, I added a command in the dialog (right click)
"Remove if error, invalid cross-link"

I'll create a SFS for this, you'll be able to use it on your favorite Puppy Very Happy

Cheers !

Ray MK · Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 681 Location: UK

Thanks for everything - an SFS will be really useful - look forward to using it.

ikaros262 · Joined: 11 Jan 2012 Posts: 22

jejy69, you mean a sfs to transform slacko to valiant ship? sorry, i don't understand. this puplet is great, i like it

Jejy69 · Posted: Thu 02 Aug 2012, 14:47 Post subject:

Not exactly, I'll try to create a SFS for the XFCE 4.10 desktop only.
Like that, others can try without download an entire ISO. Smile

playdayz · Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 3705

Yes! Drag an icon from the menu to the taskbar and it installs there as a "shortcut." Yes!

I installed a pet from Thunar. Did Bilttoo have a problem with that?

No firstrun wizard ran on first boot. No systray with connect icon, etc., No auto connection to ethernet. Not necessarily complaining but people are used to them.

Agree with Ray MK.

Necessary to change desktop and Thunar separately to single-click.

An sfs might not be as easy because files on sfs won't replace default files. However, 01micko did make an xfce sfs for an early version of Lucid.

Jejy69 · Posted: Thu 02 Aug 2012, 16:43 Post subject:

Thank you for the report, I will beginq SFS soon, it will be better. I'll lose less time in Puplet. Smile

Even if it takes time, I will try an SFS for several versions as LXDE (Wary, Racy etc.)

playdayz · Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 3705

Somewhat to my surprise the latest version of Audacious 3.2.3 seems to work. Nice colorful icons too!

http://diddywahdiddy.net/Puppy500/Audacious-3.2.3-2.pet

What I was trying to say about the panel is that it works in the modern way as most users now expect--it is easy to configure using the gui and drag and drop. It is also easy to move elements around on the panel using Settings -> Panel -> Items. The Setting Manager or Menu -> Desktop -> XFCE allows users to customize delightfully. As the Trash works as users expect. And help seems to work in all the XFCE apps.

XFCE has a history with Puppy. 01micko made an XFCE sfs for an early version of Lucid and Jemimah has been using it in Saluki. In the old days I wrote a review of window managers for Mandrake 9.0 and included XFCE--then Olivier Fourdan himself wrote to remind me that XFCE was a desktop environment not just a wm Wink

Henry · Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 814 Location: Oregon USA