xfce
In my Xubuntu 12.04 I already updated to XFCE 4.10, but when I put text files on the desktop there is always backup files created.
Even though I use the shortcut link of that text file on my desktop, still the same result. I mean for each of the text file I edit there is always the backup files with them. Is there any solution? Or do I have to access the files from some folder?
It all depends on how you want your system If you just want bare xfce as your desktop and run all the applications you have been running. You can just do
apt-get install --no-install-recommends xubuntu-desktop
and remove those unity and gnome related desktop packages using synaptic and choose xubuntu session from gdm during login. Adding to what jpfluery pointed out the given script tends to replace applications such as libreoffice, evolution, totem, empathy, banshee, gedit with some lighter alternatves i.e abiword,gnumeric, thunderbird,parole,pidgin,gmusicbrowser,mousepad etc which are recommended packages of xubuntu. With xubuntu what you will get is
If you need xubuntu-artworks, plymouth theme and even gdm theme you can install them as well.
As the picture shows - "test" is a root menu which has been added.
To do this will require a couple of folders to be created:
mkdir -p ~/.config/menus
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
Next copy the standard menu template file into the local menus folder
cp /etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu/menus/* ~/.config/menus
Note - the stock XFCE menu could also be used - I prefer this menu so I've used it in my example:
cp /etc/xdg/menus/* ~/.config/menus
Now create our test menu - its in .desktop file-format
leafpad ~/.local/share/applications/test.desktop
copy and paste the following:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=test
Comment=
Icon=acroread
Exec=acroread
Path=
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
Categories=X-Xfce-Toplevel;
The important bit is the last line - it must have X-Xfce-Toplevel as a category
Edit our custom menu:
leafpad ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu
Add a new entry as shown:
Finally - lets use the custom menu file:
Right click Start and choose properties:
Choose the custom menu option and navigate and select the custom menu file ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu
Best Answer
Create a file named
.hiddenin the desktop. Open it with a text editor and add the names of files you want to hide.If there are numerous files you want to hide, open the terminal, change cd to desktop, and run the following command to hide all files ending with ~ :
Note: I don't have an XFCE system so i haven't tested it out.