Desktop-notes

These are my personal xfce4 desktop notes.

1. Do a minimal Alpine install
2. Enable community repo in repositories
3. setup-xorg-base
4. apk add xfce4
5. apk add chromium
6. apk add slim
7. apk add paper-icon-theme paper-gtk-theme
8. apk add font-noto
9. apk add xf86-video-intel (for intel video only)
10. apk add xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-evdev
11. add local user and add to sudo list
12. 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
 

1. reboot system
2. rc-service start slim
3. verify xorg starts correctly and you can login to slim
4. rc-update add slim

1. change xfce4 style/icons to paper: Settings -> Appearance -> Style and Icons
2. change window manager theme to Paper: Settings -> Window Manager -> Style
3. Change mouse Theme to Paper: Settings -> Mouse and Trackpad -> Theme
4. enable all Composer Shadows: Settings -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Composer
5. change fonts to noto
   1. Settings - > Appearance -> Fonts: Set to Noto Sans UI
      1. Turn on Anti-aliasing (is the default) and enable Sub-Pixel order -> RGB