Re: XFce4 vs GNOME Desktop

2009-09-27 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:40:42 +0200, Micha Feigin in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:58:38 -0400 > "S. Fishpaste" wrote: > >> Hi All; >> >> I have a strange issue. When I run Gnome I have a nice desktop with my trash >> icon etc., on the desktop. Gnome is too heavy for my

Re: XFce4 vs GNOME Desktop

2009-09-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:58:38 -0400 "S. Fishpaste" wrote: > Hi All; > > I have a strange issue. When I run Gnome I have a nice desktop with my trash > icon etc., on the desktop. Gnome is too heavy for my resource limited laptop > so I much prefer to use a lighter window manager. > > But when I s

Re: [Solved - kinda] XFce4 vs GNOME Desktop

2009-09-27 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:06:31 +0200, Nyizsnyik Ferenc in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:32:36 -0400 > "S.D.A." wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:40:45PM +0100, Liviu Andronic uttered: >> > Hello >> > >> > On 9/26/09, S. Fishpaste >> > wrote: >> > > But when I start

Re: XFce4 vs GNOME Desktop

2009-09-27 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:32:36 -0400 "S.D.A." wrote: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:40:45PM +0100, Liviu Andronic uttered: > > Hello > > > > On 9/26/09, S. Fishpaste > > wrote: > > > But when I start up or switch to XFce4, I'm left without a > > > "desktop", just the application dock on a coloured

Re: XFce4 vs GNOME Desktop

2009-09-26 Thread S.D.A.
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:40:45PM +0100, Liviu Andronic uttered: > Hello > > On 9/26/09, S. Fishpaste wrote: > > But when I start up or switch to XFce4, I'm left without a "desktop", just > > the application dock on a coloured background, which I can't seem to > > change. > > > First, which v

Re: XFce4 vs GNOME Desktop

2009-09-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello On 9/26/09, S. Fishpaste wrote: > But when I start up or switch to XFce4, I'm left without a "desktop", just > the application dock on a coloured background, which I can't seem to change. > First, which version of Xfce are you using? If it's recent (4.6), look for "Desktop settings" and f

XFce4 vs GNOME Desktop

2009-09-26 Thread S. Fishpaste
Hi All; I have a strange issue. When I run Gnome I have a nice desktop with my trash icon etc., on the desktop. Gnome is too heavy for my resource limited laptop so I much prefer to use a lighter window manager. But when I start up or switch to XFce4, I'm left without a "desktop", just the applic