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Published in Nov 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803237589

Length 498 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Atanas Georgiev Rusev

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Installation, Editions, and Help

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Manjaro and Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Editions Overview and Installation

4. Chapter 3: Editions and Flavors

5. Chapter 4: Help, Online Resources, Forums, and Updates

6. Part 2: Daily Usage

7. Chapter 5: Officially Supported Software – Part 1

8. Chapter 6: Officially Supported Software Part 2, 3D Games, and Windows SW

9. Chapter 7: All Basic Terminal Commands – Easy and with Examples

10. Part 3: Intermediate Topics for Daily Usage

11. Chapter 8: Package Management, Dependencies, Environment Variables, and Licenses

12. Chapter 9: Filesystem Basics, Structure, and Types, NTFS, Automount, and RAID

13. Chapter 10: Storage, Mounting, Encryption, and Backups

14. Chapter 11: Network Fundamentals, File Sharing, and SSH

15. Chapter 12: Internet, Network Security, Firewalls, and VPNs

16. Part 4: Advanced Topics

17. Chapter 13: Service Management, System Logs, and User Management

18. Chapter 14: System Cleanup, Troubleshooting, Defragmentation, and Reinstallation

19. Chapter 15: Shell Scripts and Automation

20. Chapter 16: Linux Kernel Basics and Switching

21. Index

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Xfce edition and settings

As you may recall, Xfce is one of the lightest Linux GUI environments. It is old and mature, initially released in 1997. Despite being light, it has an excellent set of options. Manjaro 23.0.0 comes with Xfce4 version 4.18. The official documentation page is https://docs.xfce.org/.

Xfce desktop and bottom panel bar right-click settings

To start, on a freshly loaded and logged-in system, right-click on the desktop and select Desktop Settings…. The Background tab is self-explanatory. Check its options, but also check the second and third tabs – Menus and Icons – as shown in Figure 3.3:

Figure 3.3 – Xfce Desktop Settings… and Icons tab

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