The jc-xfce-settings project provides the jc-xfce-settings.sh script, which holds James Cherti’s settings to customize the XFCE desktop environment, including window management, notifications, desktop behavior, keyboard settings, and more, to enhance the user experience.
(The jc-xfce-settings.sh script was created with the help of watch-xfce-xfconf)
Requirements
- The XFCE Desktop Environment,
- and
xfconf-queryutility that is part of XFCE.
Usage
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/jamescherti/jc-xfce-settings -
Navigate to the repository directory:
cd jc-xfce-settings -
Run the script to configure XFCE:
./jc-xfce-settings.sh
Features
- Title Bar Customization: Simplifies button layout for easier window management.
- Font and Display Settings: Enables anti-aliasing, hinting, and configures RGBA rendering.
- File Manager (Thunar): Optimizes behavior for thumbnailing, single-click navigation, and directory-specific settings.
- Keyboard Tweaks: Adjusts key repeat delay and rate for a smoother typing experience.
- Notifications: Sets notification theme, position, and timeout duration.
- Desktop Behavior: Disables unnecessary desktop icons and menus for a cleaner workspace.
- Session Management: Disables session saving for a faster logout experience.
- Window Management: Configures snapping, shadow effects, focus behavior, and workspace interactions.
- Compositor Settings: Adjusts transparency and disables unneeded effects.
Author and License
The jc-xfce-settings tool has been written by James Cherti and is distributed under terms of the MIT license.
Links
- jc-xfce-settings @GitHub
- watch-xfce-xfconf: A command-line tool that can be used to configure XFCE 4 programmatically using the xfconf-query commands displayed when XFCE 4 settings are modified.
Other project by the same author:
- jc-dotfiles @GitHub: A collection of UNIX/Linux configuration files. You can either install them directly or use them as inspiration your own dotfiles.
- bash-stdops @GitHub: A collection of Bash helper shell scripts.
- jc-gnome-settings: GNOME customizations that can be applied programmatically.
- jc-firefox-settings @GitHub: Provides the user.js file, which holds settings to customize the Firefox web browser to enhance the user experience and security.
- jc-gentoo-portage @GitHub: Provides configuration files for customizing Gentoo Linux Portage, including package management, USE flags, and system-wide settings.