Install XFCE 4.10 (A Lightweight Desktop) in Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Xfce is a free lightweight, fast and easy to use software desktop environment for Unix/Linux like operating systems. It is designed for productivity and aims to be fast and low on system resources. Unlike GNOME and KDE desktops which are heavier, but Xfce uses fewer system resources. Furthermore, it offers better modularity and less dependencies to install and takes less time and low disk space on your hard drive.
Recently, the Xfce development team announced the release of Xfce 4.10 desktop environment and made available for download.
Xfce 4.10 Desktop Screenshots
Xfce Desktop
Xfce File Manager
Xfce Application Finder
This guide show you how to install latest stable Xfce 4.10 desktop environment version in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04 and Linux Mint 15/14/13.
Xfce 4.10 Features
Window Manager: Controls the arrangement of windows on the screen, provides window decorations and controls workspaces.
Xfce Window Manager
Desktop Manager: Provides root window menu, desktop icons, adds background image and a window list.
Xfce Desktop Manager
Panel: Options to switch between opened windows and workspaces, launch applications and menu plugins to explore applications and files.
Panel
Session Manager: Allows you to control logins and store multiple logins sessions of the desktop.
Session Manager
Application Finder: Give you a list of installed applications for better finding and launching them.
Application Finder
File Manager: Support for better file management and unique tools like bulk renamer.
File Manager
Setting Manager: Enables you to manage and control various desktop settings such as appearance, keyboard shortcuts, display settings, etc.
Settings Manager
To know more details about xfce 4.10, visit at the official Xfce 4.10 tour, and the detailed changelog page.
Installing Xfce 4.10 Desktop
To install XFCE desktop environment, open terminal by pressing “Ctrl+Alt+T” from the desktop and run the following commands in a Terminal.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install xfce4
If you want to install complete Xfce desktop, then use the following command
$ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
If you already running, want to upgrade it to latest version, issue following commands.
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10 $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
I followed the instructions and restarted and my desktop looks exactly the same. If for some reason it won’t work on my system, how do you get this off? For that matter, with Linux how do you know what is even on your system from following guides like this off the internet? Linux is so user unfriendly
Hello. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I cannot upgrade to 14.04 since the software that I am working with is only supported with 12.04. I would like to install Xfce for 12.04 but I can’t seem to have any success on this matter. I tried running
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
But it gives me this error:
Cannot access PPA (https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/xfce-4.10) to get PPA information, please check your internet connection.
When I try sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.11 , it follows with a confirmation to the installation, but I am afraid that it will ruin my OS since it is not suited for 12.04. Is there any way that someone sends me the old package xfce 4.10?
Or is the 4.11 or 4.12 fine to install on Ubuntu 12.04?
thank you so much
this article help me installing xfce on my low memory laptop
Greet from Indonesian Linuxer (I’m still a noob, though :D)
Hi,
You have a typo in this section:
udo apt-get install xfce4
should be
sudo apt-get install xfce4
Yeah thanks, that was a typo corrected now.
Looks Good! I Like the Autostart GUI
I noticed the little internet connection on the tool bar. Is that a wifi connection or mobile broadband? I am using Ubuntu 11.04 – unsupported now, i know but i use it cus it hooks up to usb 3G modem really easy. I tried Slax and got it working but connecting to broadband is a major problem still. Ubuntu is able to run the Blender download package without any problems or complication. (the one from blender.org – not the crappy software center version) (Slax7 can’t do that – Blender needs to be converted into a Slax7 package first)
I would like a simple window manager to boost performance for playing mp4s and flash videos. I tried Fluxbox but its really awkward and some applications are not visible on the app drop down box.(?) It would be more work to set up. That being said it was able to boost the performance of Blender 2.66 about 25 %. Playing mpegs in the video editor was faster and also renderings in Cycles.
Will Xfce work better then my Mettacities/Xorg combo?
Machine:
Thinkpad T42 1.7 Jizzz
ATi chip (the smallest crappy one with no cooling tube)
1 Gig Ram
SSD
Ubuntu 11.04 (Updated)
All font and window settings set to full retard
Best
Curt