Support for MX and antiX Linux distros
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the docky & plank weird effect is due to your compositor dock shadow setting.. .jj1j1 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 1:09 pm I tried all of the docks in the MX Package installer. Cairo is way more than I want from a dock. Docky,and plank has a weird artifact that seems like a window setting is wrong because its the same on both docks.
I ended up using xfce panel because it just works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSuVCyT63IIthat's so yesterday!
Will do. Thx for that.the docky & plank weird effect is due to your compositor dock shadow setting.. .
For quicker access (that is subjective but to me it makes sense). Try finding a hidden program in the whisker menu and try doing the same once you have it on a dock. and of course the modern look (also subjective like everything in Linux).seaken64 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 3:43 pm I've often wondered why some distros use "Docks". I always thought it was to be more Mac-like. But I really don't know. Coming from DOS and Windows I tend to gravitate toward the "Taskbar" type of panel. Why do I need a dock if I have a taskbar? It makes sense to have one or the other. But some distros have both at the same time and I don't get it. If you add a dock to MX now you have both the XFCE Panel and Wisker Menu AND another dock? Why? What is the advantage? Can you exchange the Wisker menu and XFCE panel and just have a Mac-like dock?
Seaken64
I would go even a bit further with your implied suggestion(s). I think people benefit greatly from trying to use different interfaces & styles. There is much to learn.Sparky wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:44 am [...]
For quicker access (that is subjective but to me it makes sense). Try finding a hidden program in the whisker menu and try doing the same once you have it on a dock. and of course the modern look (also subjective like everything in Linux).
I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday, I sure wont be able to remember which keybinding does whatmanyroads wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:42 amI would go even a bit further with your implied suggestion(s). I think people benefit greatly from trying to use different interfaces & styles. There is much to learn.Sparky wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:44 am [...]
For quicker access (that is subjective but to me it makes sense). Try finding a hidden program in the whisker menu and try doing the same once you have it on a dock. and of course the modern look (also subjective like everything in Linux).
One approach not frequently mentioned in "these parts" involves the use of Keybindings. They can be very fast... and they're a wonderful tool to help keep a person's memory in 'top form'.
Well personally I prefer a dock over a standard taskbar, though I will say I like what Microsoft did in both Windows 7 and 10 with its icon based task manager as it combines both into what is actually a very elegant design both modern yet functional.seaken64 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 4:02 pmPlease explain what you mean. You said "I mean lets face it: XFCE looks very outdated". But I don't understand how that qualifies what you said about docks having both pros and cons.MadmanRB wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:57 pm Well there are both pros and cos to using docks in general.
I mean lets face it: XFCE looks very outdated with its windows 98 styling and while one can give it a nice paint job it does feel a little old fashioned.
Not saying it needs all kinds of eye candy to look good, I mean the MATE desktop can attest for this as one can tweak that to look from anything from retro windows 98 to a modern near windows 10 appearance (and note i mainly use windows as a point of reference as its still the leading desktop OS so thats the OS most new potential users of MX linux are coming from)
But XFCE at times feels out of date, even compared to MATE.
Do note I understand why this is and yes one must favour stability over eye candy but there can be a balance.
What are the pros? and what are the cons?
Are you saying that XFCE is outdated because it doesn't use docks? What makes docks better than what XFCE uses?
Personally, I like the XFCE paradigm. I prefer the Taskbar/Start Menu/Panel interface to the MacOS look. I've never liked the Mac interface. But Mac people love it. I always hear people denigrate the classic Windows interface and say it's "old" (as if that was a bad thing!). Yet, when the boys and girls in Redmond tried to change it to be more Modern what happened? And when Ubuntu did the same thing what happened?
There is something to be said about the classic approach of XFCE. I think it's nicer than Windows 10. And it's so much easier to modify to fit my personal taste. I hate Windows file manager. In XFCE I get to choose the file manager I want and it feels like it's part of the system. And the menu system is clean and easy to use, including the search function. Live tiles annoy me and pretty pictures and icons do not improve upon the classic menu in my opinion.
I suppose I should stop listening to Frank Sinatra because he's so outdated. No need for the Beattles, that's so yesterday!
To me, one of the "pros" of XFCE is that it is classic.
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