mint-xfce

Mint: XFCE

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Install Software

Via Software Manager or CLI

(
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install -y cairo-dock cairo-dock-xfce-integration-plug-in 
)

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Configure Software

Expand for System Settings

┎──────────┒
┃ About Me ┃
┖──────────┚
  Picture: (choose avatar)

┎────────────┒
┃ Appearance ┃
┖────────────┚
  [Style]
    Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua
  
  [Icons]
    Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua
  
  [Fonts]
    Default Font: Ubuntu Regular 12
    Default Monospace Font: Monospace Regular 12

┎─────────┒
┃ Display ┃
┖─────────┚
  [Advanced]
    (create a 'Docked' profile once things are set up)
    Configure new displays when connected (checked)
    Automatically enable profiles when new display is connected (checked)
    Show popup to identify displays (checked)
  
  [General]
    Display 2 (main monitor plugged into laptop for GPU)
      Primary Display (checked)
      Reflection: None
    
    Display 3 (vertical monitor plugged into dock)
      Rotation: Left
  
  Wallpaper
    Just right-click each monitor (on the desktop) > Desktop Settings > choose a folder with images > pick an image and apply a style.

┎──────────────┒
┃ Login Window ┃
┖──────────────┚
  [Appearance]
    Background: (choose image)
    Icon theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua
  
  [Users]
    Allow guest sessions: (checked)
    
  [Settings]
    Monitor: DP-3 (your main monitor)

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┃ Mouse and Touchpad ┃
┖────────────────────┚
  [Devices]
    [Mouse]
      Acceleration: 3.5
    
    [Touchpad]
      Reverse scrolling direction: (uncheck)
      [X] Enable horizontal scrolling
  
  [Theme]: DMZ (White)

┎───────┒
┃ Panel ┃
┖───────┚
  ┎─────────┒
  ┃ Display ┃
  ┖─────────┚
    Row size: 36
  
  ┎────────────┒
  ┃ Appearance ┃
  ┖────────────┚
    Adjust size automatically: (unchecked)
    Fixed icon size: 24
  
  ┎───────┒
  ┃ Items ┃
  ┖───────┚
    [Whisker Menu]
      [General]
        Application icon size: Small
        Category icon size: Small
      
      [Appearance]
        [X] Position commands next to search entry
        Display: Icon and title
        Title: enu 
        Icon: linuxmint-logo-simple
      
      [Behavior]
        Default Category: Recently Used
      
      [Commands]
        [X] Suspend
    
    [Show Desktop]
    
    [Separator]
      Style: Separator
    
    [Separator]
      Style: Transparent
      [X] Expand
    
    [Window Buttons]
      Sorting order: None, allow drag-and-drop
    
    [Separator]
      Style: Transparent
      [X] Expand
    
    [Separator]
      Style: Separator
    
    [Generic Monitor]
      Command: <THIS_REPO>/distro/mint-xfce/bin/key-lock-status.sh
      Label: (uncheck)
      Period: 0.25
      Font: Monospace 9
      
    [Status Tray Plugin]
      Adjust size automatically: (checked)
      Square items: (unchecked)
    
    [XAapp Status Plugin]
    
    [Notification Plugin]
      [General]
        Show notifications on: primary display
        Theme: Greybird
        Default position: Bottom right
        Opacity: 100%
      
      [Applications]
        (If notifications aren't showing, check here)
      
      [Log]
        Log notifications: always (checked)
        Log applications: all
    
    [PulseAudio Plugin]
      [General]
        [X] Enable keyboard shortcuts for volume control
        [X] Show notifications when volume changes
      
      [Media Players]
        [X] Enable multimedia keys for playback control
    
    [Clock]
      Format: Custom Format: %b. %e 【%a.】【%l: %M %p】

┎───────────────┒
┃ Power Manager ┃
┖───────────────┚
  [General]
    When power button is pressed: Shutdown
    When sleep button is pressed: Suspend
    
  [System]
    Suspend when inactive for: Never | Never
    When laptop lid is closed: Suspend | Lock screen
  
  [Display]
    Switch off after: 15 minutes | 15 minutes

┎─────────────┒
┃ Screensaver ┃
┖─────────────┚
  [Screensaver]
    Theme: Pop art squares
    Activate screensaver when computer is idle: (checked)
    Regard the computer as idle after: 5 minutes
    
  [Lock Screen]
    Enable Lock Screen: (checked)
    Lock Screen with Screensaver: (checked)
    Lock the screen after the screensaver is active for: 0 minutes
    Lock Screen with System Sleep: (checked)

┎────────────────┒
┃ Window Manager ┃
┖────────────────┚
  [Style]
    Theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua
    Title font: Ubuntu Medium 12

┎───────────────────────┒
┃ Window Manager Tweaks ┃
┖───────────────────────┚
  [Compositor]
    (uncheck) Show shadows under dock windows (to remove random shadow under Cairo-dock)

Shortcuts

Keys	Action
CTRL+ALT+d	Hide/Show Desktop

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Troubleshooting

Issue: Not All Desktop Notifications are displayed

Expand for Solution

Context: I had this issue when I switched from Cinnamon to XFCE.

First make sure you have the proper packages installed.

libnotify-bin
libnotify4 # could be version based
notification-daemon
python3-notify2  # could be version based
xfce4-notifyd

For me, the xfce4-notifyd daemon wasn't installed. Once it was, I tested with notify-send -t 3000 --icon=dialog-information "Test 1-2".