Desktop-notes
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These are my personal xfce4 desktop notes.
Remaining differences to Xfce_Setup (need to be checked):
Base system
- apk add slim
- add user to specific groups
- adduser (username) audio
- adduser (username) video
- adduser (username) dialout
- Add /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-intel.conf to have tear free scrolling:
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "TearFree" "true" EndSection
Changing cosmetics
- apk add paper-icon-theme paper-gtk-theme
- apk add font-noto
- change xfce4 style/icons to paper: Settings -> Appearance -> Style and Icons
- change window manager theme to Paper: Settings -> Window Manager -> Style
- Change mouse Theme to Paper: Settings -> Mouse and Trackpad -> Theme
- enable all Composer Shadows: Settings -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Composer
- change fonts to noto
- Settings - > Appearance -> Fonts: Set to Noto Sans UI
- Turn on Anti-aliasing (is the default) and enable Sub-Pixel order -> RGB
- Settings - > Appearance -> Fonts: Set to Noto Sans UI
Setting up Alsa audio
- apk add alsa-utils
- rc-update add alsa
- rc-service alsa start
- Set the default sound device
- List sound devices:
cat /proc/asound/card*/id
- Depending on your setup select the proper device
- create a /etc/asound.conf with following content where PCH is sound card name.
- List sound devices:
pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm { @func getenv vars [ ALSAPCM ] default "hw:PCH" } }
additional software
- apk add geany
- apk add thunar-archive-plugin
- apk add xarchiver
Tweaks
Enable webgl on chromium when running on hardened kernel:
Edit: /boot/extlinux.conf
Add: grsec_sysfs_restrict=0
to the end of the of the APPEND line.
Don't forget to add it to your update-extlinux.conf