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Summary
Having Xfce more Mageia compliant : look & use
Owner
- Name: magnux77
- Email: magnux77@laposte.net
Resources
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Current status
- Targeted release: <software_release> (if needed), <Mageia release>
- Last updated: 2025/05/10
- Percentage of completion: <XX>%
Detailed Description
The goal is to have a Xfce installation more Mageia compliant. In the look aspect ( more like Plasma):
- Only 1 bottom panel like Plasma in place of 2 today (top & bottom) - Windows : Compositing : active windows = 100%, inactive = 90% - Windows : Compositing : active shadow for every window.
In the use aspect (more customized like Plasma):
- Thunderbird in place of Claws Mail - Classic Menu in place of Whisker Menu less usable (bad display, more clics) - gvfs-mtp natively installed for androïd systems cause they are usuals today - Thunar : + Catfish , Edit Custom Actions "Search for files" catfish %f - Volume Manager : to be configured (more precisions later if accepted) - task-xfce-plugins natively installed for easier use by beginners
Why it would be good for Mageia to include it
A lot of reasons
- Different GUI should have a convergent look as they are delivered in the same distribution. Mageia will show better integration capacities. - Xfce is far more simple than KDE to maintain and upgrade (It runs fine with no problem till april 2016 on Mageia 6 officially delivered on July 2017 : ready 15 monthes before Plasma !) - Xfce could represent an alternative to Plasma for a lower Mageia development cost and prepares a possible escape way if Plasma complexity becomes too heavy - Xfce is more open and less hegemonic than Plasma : no Xfmail, no Xfonqueror and so on. - Xfce upgrades are less difficult for users and complex for developpers.
Test case
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Software / Packages Dependencies
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What could disrupt development of this new feature
Planning
Contingency
Release Notes
Documentation
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