<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 January 2015 at 15:45, Anders F Björklund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:afb@users.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">afb@users.sourceforge.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi list!<br>
<br>
Since the Alternative Desktop SIG didn't happen, we thought we would<br>
make a more focused effort and improve the Xfce desktop environment<br>
experience on CentOS. That might end up being a dedicated CentOS SIG,<br>
or just a couple of improvements to the existing packages from EPEL.<br>
<br>
Once upon a time, or more precisely: back in the CentOS 5.0 days,<br>
Xfce 4.4 was available in Extras and it was a pretty simple install<br>
that just worked "out of the box". Now, there's the newer versions<br>
available via EPEL - but the experience is nowhere near painless...<br>
<br>
Going to try to meet up with other interested parties during FOSDEM,<br>
to see if we can't improve upon that and at least fix the low hanging<br>
issues. And get some better Xfce testing and feedback going, as well.<br>
A more long-term goal is make it an alternative to GNOME (Workstation).<br>
<br>
<br>
I've rounded up some of the issues, that currently exist:<br>
<br>
* The theme and icons are wrong, either missing or just ugly<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't see that.. but without knowing exactly what that means to you it could be I am just seeing stuff that works for me.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
* The background image is wrong, ending up with a single color<br>
* X11 and Fonts are missing, so just adding the group doesn't work<br>
* Some bugs need backporting or fixing, like in Terminal or Xfwm.<br>
<br>
See <a href="http://afb.users.sourceforge.net/xfce/centos/centos-xfce.html" target="_blank">http://afb.users.sourceforge.net/xfce/centos/centos-xfce.html</a><br>
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Right now, one starts with a Minimal (or Server) install of CentOS.<br>
Then adds Base, X11 (including fonts), and finally Xfce (from EPEL).<br>
Once the aforementioned problems are taken care of, that should be it.<br>
Eventually, it might even end up being a "spin" or available image ?<br>
<br>
As mentioned earlier, here are the applicable versions of each:<br>
<br>
* CentOS 5 - Xfce 4.4 (in CentOS Extras)<br>
* CentOS 5 - Xfce 4.6 (based on Fedora 6)<br>
* CentOS 6 - Xfce 4.8 (based on Fedora 12)<br>
* CentOS 7 - Xfce 4.10 (based on Fedora 18)<br>
<br>
To replace GNOME PackageKit there's the Yum Extender, and to replace<br>
GDM there's LightDM (more work is needed, to make a CentOS-6 version).<br>
The GNOME icons and GNOME themes will probably "work" to start with,<br>
but one can probably improve upon that as well (as a lower priority).<br>
<br>
Something like <a href="http://afb.users.sourceforge.net/xfce/xfce-brave.png" target="_blank">http://afb.users.sourceforge.net/xfce/xfce-brave.png</a><br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am interested in helping. I had lightdm in CentOS-6.. I will have to see if I can find the RPM I used for it.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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If you are interested in helping out with testing, packaging or<br>
developing (backporting, fixing the upstream issues, and so on)<br>
then please say so. I'll try to have some more detailed lists and<br>
updated packages with me, for the FOSDEM meetup in the weekend...<br>
<br>
* <a href="http://wiki.centos.org/Events/Fosdem2015" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/Events/Fosdem2015</a><br>
<br>
--anders<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Stephen J Smoogen.<br><br></div></div>
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