Desktop Environments and Window Managers

General

• Install Desktop Environments and Window Managers

Choose from a wide selection available in our repositories!

• Change the colours of your GTK+ themes

Why settle for the colours provided for you?

• Install Compiz Fusion and Emerald!

Transform XFCE or KDE with fancy special effects!

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Cinnamon

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Deepin

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Enlightenment

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Gnome

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KDE

• Dolphin File Manager

All about the Dolphin file manager

LXDE

LXQt

• LXQt

The main LQt article

• How to make LXQt purer and leaner without GTK

How to remove all GTK2 and GTK3 dependencies from LXQt

• List of Qt Applications (Improved!)

Extensive list of Qt4 and Qt5 applications.

• PCmanFM-Qt

PCManFM-Qt, the LXQt file browser

MATE

Openbox

• Openbox: Control Screen Brightness Using the Keyboard

Control illumination by using the appropriate brightness keys!

• Openbox: Control Speaker Volume Using the Keyboard (ALSA)

Control or mute the volume by using the appropriate volume keys!

• Openbox: Switch languages using the keyboard and xxkb

Analytical instructions for changing keyboard languages and layouts (in both the console and X11), using a keyboard shortcut and XXkb with country flag images.

• Openbox: ob-autostart

A great little GUI that makes adding applications with .desktop file extensions really quick & easy to add to the ~/.config/ob-autostart/config directory.

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PeK

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XFCE

• Making Keyboard Shortcuts for Frequently Used Applications

Become a keyboard ninja to speed things up!

• Using Compton for a tear-free experience in Xfce

For those who are facing screen tearing issues.

* Volume Stuck on Mute (XFCE Desktop)

Two possible solutions for an issue that affects some users of the XFCE desktop environment.

• Improve Font Rendering

A way to optimise font rendering.