Jan 27, 2016

Customizing Manjaro XFCE

As like other Linux distros, Manjaro can be tweaked as you want. Many packages are preinstalled, but you can always add something new.

I would suggest following changes to the XFCE :

  • Office : 'LibreOffice' comes preinstalled, you can add 'WPS-Office' from arch repo, which is great inspite in beta.


WPS Office


  • Browser : eLink & Firefox comes preinstalled, you can add 'Midori' as a lightweight browser or 'Chromium'. Midori comes with Add-Ons such as AdBlocker, External Download Managers - Aria2,SteadyFlow & CommandLine, FeedPanel & more.

Midori


  • Editors : Mousepad & nano comes preinstalled & I suggest to keep them, I feel it better than 'vim' editor. You have to select a Color Scheme to disappear the errors. 


Mousepad


  • Music : 'Audacious' is good replacement over preinstalled 'Guayadeque'.


Audious with GTK Interface


Audacious with Winamp Classic Interface - Osmosis


  • Screenshooter : 'scrot' takes single keystroke to save a screenshot over, three for 'xfce4-screenshooter' with command '$scrot -e 'mv $f ~/Screenshots/' '


  • You don't have to add complete android-studio package, you can add 'android-tools' & 'android-udev' for adb & fastboot purpose.


  • Boot Splash : You can add wide range of boot-splash using plymouth, you can even create your own. I would recommend 'plymouth-theme-manjaro-logo' or 'spinner'.


  • Other useful preinstalled packaged : Steam for gaming, Thunar File Manager, VLC, gparted, hexchat, gimp, pidgin, Viewnior etc.

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