Sunday, June 30, 2013

How To Use Gala Window Manger with XFCE Xubuntu

Add the elementary daily ppa and install gala

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gala dconf-tools

Set gala as xfce's default window manager

cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml

gedit ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml

replace "xfwm4" with "gala"

Put min/max/close buttons on the right

open dconf-editor:

org pantheon desktop gala appearance
button-layout: :minimize,maximize,close

5 comments:

  1. So which advantages have gala versus default xfce compositing?

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  2. Will I be able to use parts from Elementary OS / Pantheon with (X)ubuntu 13.10 ?

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  3. Dose this work with ElementaryOS already installed as the default os?

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  4. Changing org.gnome.desktop.background.picture-uri in dconf helps with the background in window-overview-all

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