Xfce on installation cd Wiki page

[Brock Hudson]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:49:14 +0000
Ron Leach <ronleach at tesco.net> wrote:

> Adam Miller wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:59:57AM -0500, Brock Hudson wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> >> I was wondering if we should have
> >> kind of a "basics of Xfce page" since the front page of
> >> fedoraproject.org has that for gnome. It explains what
> >> applications do what etc. This is just an idea for now. I don't
> >> have anything specific in mind but if you guys do please lets
> >> collaborate on something. 
> > 
> > That would be awesome if you were willing to spend the time writing
> > it up!
> > 
> 
> As a newcomer to XFCE, the topic I found most difficult was trying to 
> add anything to the 'applications menu' that pops up in the bottom 
> left corner.
> 
> Another issue that I've never really grasped is the '4 desktops' that 
> you see on the bottom panel.  I wasn't sure whether or how these 
> differed, and what use (in the sense of example use cases) these 
> multiple windows were.
> 
> The third item I did straightaway, which other newcomers might want 
> to, is choose a window/application 'style' that consumed least 'real 
> estate' on the screen, because I run F13 and F14 on netbooks with 
> 1024x600.  So I chose a style that had the smallest 'top bar' for
> each application window.
> 
> I'm by no means a skilled user of Fedora or XFCE, but I am very happy 
> using it and achieving just about everything I seek to do.  I just 
> offer these ideas for intro text because I found them either
> difficult (one and two, above) or useful (three).
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> regards, Ron
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Thanks Ron, 

That kind of info is what I am looking for when making an introduction
guide. Those four windows on your panel are your virtual desktops, if
you haven't already researched that : ) I use Xfce on my netbook as
well, however my netbook is just for surfing and basic word processing.
I configured my xfce install for my netbook, meaning it doesn't look
like a traditional desktop, it's geared towards the fact that a netbook
is a low power machine intended for internet and basic word processing
uses.