jc-xfce-settings - JC's XFCE Settings

This project provides the jc-xfce-settings.sh script, which holds James Cherti's settings to customize the XFCE desktop environment, including window management, notifications, desktop behavior, keyboard settings, and more, to enhance the user experience.

(The jc-xfce-settings.sh script was created with the help of watch-xfce-xfconf)

Table of Contents

• jc-xfce-settings - JC's XFCE Settings
  • Requirements
  • Usage
  • Features
  • Author and License
  • Links

Requirements

• The XFCE Desktop Environment,
• and xfconf-query utility that is part of XFCE.

Usage

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jamescherti/jc-xfce-settings
   

2. Navigate to the repository directory:

   cd jc-xfce-settings
   

3. Run the script to configure XFCE:

   ./jc-xfce-settings.sh
   

Features

• Title Bar Customization: Simplifies button layout for easier window management.
• Font and Display Settings: Enables anti-aliasing, hinting, and configures RGBA rendering.
• File Manager (Thunar): Optimizes behavior for thumbnailing, single-click navigation, and directory-specific settings.
• Keyboard Tweaks: Adjusts key repeat delay and rate for a smoother typing experience.
• Notifications: Sets notification theme, position, and timeout duration.
• Desktop Behavior: Disables unnecessary desktop icons and menus for a cleaner workspace.
• Session Management: Disables session saving for a faster logout experience.
• Window Management: Configures snapping, shadow effects, focus behavior, and workspace interactions.
• Compositor Settings: Adjusts transparency and disables unneeded effects.

Author and License

The jc-xfce-settings tool has been written by James Cherti and is distributed under terms of the MIT license.

Links

• jc-xfce-settings @GitHub
• watch-xfce-xfconf: A command-line tool that can be used to configure XFCE 4 programmatically using the xfconf-query commands displayed when XFCE 4 settings are modified.

Other project by the same author:

• jc-dotfiles @GitHub: A collection of UNIX/Linux configuration files. You can either install them directly or use them as inspiration your own dotfiles.
• bash-stdops @GitHub: A collection of Bash helper shell scripts.
• jc-gnome-settings: GNOME customizations that can be applied programmatically.
• jc-firefox-settings @GitHub: Provides the user.js file, which holds settings to customize the Firefox web browser to enhance the user experience and security.
• jc-gentoo-portage @GitHub: Provides configuration files for customizing Gentoo Linux Portage, including package management, USE flags, and system-wide settings.