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# apk add paper-gtk-theme    # gtk2 !?
# apk add paper-gtk-theme    # gtk2 !?
# apk add paper-icon-theme  # ~500MB
 
# apk add font-noto
[# apk add paper-icon-theme  # ~500MB]
[# apk add font-noto]




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



Revision as of 22:04, 11 May 2021

This material is proposed for merging ...

It should be merged with XFCE Setup . (Discuss)


These are my personal xfce4 desktop notes.

Remaining differences to Xfce_Setup (need to be checked):

Base system

  1. apk add slim (had no graphical shutdown/suspend support)


  1. add user to specific groups
    1. adduser (username) audio
    2. adduser (username) video
    3. adduser (username) dialout


  1. 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

  1. apk add paper-gtk-theme # gtk2 !?

[# apk add paper-icon-theme # ~500MB] [# apk add font-noto]


  1. change xfce4 style/icons to paper: Settings -> Appearance -> Style and Icons
  2. 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]

      1. Turn on Anti-aliasing (is the default) and enable Sub-Pixel order -> RGB

Setting up Alsa audio

  1. apk add alsa-utils
  2. rc-update add alsa
  3. rc-service alsa start
  4. Set the default sound device
    1. List sound devices: cat /proc/asound/card*/id
    2. Depending on your setup select the proper device
      1. create a /etc/asound.conf with following content where PCH is sound card name.
pcm.!default {
    type plug
    slave.pcm {
        @func getenv
        vars [ ALSAPCM ]
        default "hw:PCH"
    }
}

additional software

  1. apk add geany
  2. apk add thunar-archive-plugin
  3. 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