xfce in ubuntu

1 A new ubuntu

2 Change source to use tsinghua source

reference page:
清华大学开源软件镜像站 | Tsinghua Open Source Mirror
https://mirror.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/help/ubuntu/

# backup comes first.
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
# to edit the `sources.list`
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

then, substitute all sources.list content to what show in previous page.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

3 xfce4

3.1 xfce4 basic

sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

3.2 xfce4 addons

Then, we want to intall xfce4-dockbarx. This app should be contained in a ppa (Personal Package Archives). We would find it in the page, Pages matching “xfce dockbarx” in Launchpad. Following the first link in previous page, the next page should be like the following.

That’s what we want.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install xfce4-dockbarx-plugin

3.3 After reboot.

What we got.

3.4 configure the panels

3.4.1 configure panel 1

3.4.2 remove panel 2

3.4.3 make dockbarX expand, not separator

3.5 how it looks like?

4 theme

Speaking of theme, I personally prefer these.

# ultra-flat-icons
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ultra-flat-icons
 
# numix-icon-theme-circle
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme numix-icon-theme-circle # numix-gtk-theme included

a little configuration.

4.1 How it looks like now?

5 Make easy

5.1 autorun

Whisker >> setting >> session and startup >> application autostart

5.2 shortcut

Whisker >> setting >> keyboard >> application shortcut
example: whisker’s path is eyboard-application shortcut.

6 other

tilda, guake, zsh, git, oh-my-zsh,shadowsocks-qt5

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hzwhuang/ss-qt5
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install shadowsocks-qt5

7 reference

Ubuntu中PPA源是什么 - EasonJim - 博客园
https://www.cnblogs.com/EasonJim/p/7119331.html
AND MANY OTHERS.