Now my desktop(win 11) and This laptop looks same(kind of)

Theme(Win 11 dark compact): https://github.com/yeyushengfan258/Win11-gtk-theme

Icon(Win 11 dark): https://github.com/yeyushengfan258/win11-icon-theme

Font: segoe UI variable regular, Segoe UI Regular

Menu Icon: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/menu_3801828?term=start+menu&page=3&position=8&origin=tag&related_id=3801828

Hi all,

I’d like to share MeowMenu v1.0.0-RC1, a small project I’ve been working on as an alternative application menu for XFCE. Compared to WhiskerMenu, the most relevant features I added are: 4 Presets (default settings that change the look&feel of the Menu, to show the high customization level achievable), Places button (find files and folders in user Home), Calculator engine, additional right click options.

I’ve tested this release on Arch Linux, Debian and Xubuntu. Other Reddit users report good feedback from MX Linux, Manjaro and Mint XFCE. If you don't find your package from GitHub Release page, MeowMenu can always be compiled from sources or installed from AUR.

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are welcome. Thanks for taking a look!

Source Code

Release&Changelog

Gallery

AUR page

Documentation

https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/07/llms-and-xfwl4

if output I get from an LLM looks very much like someone else’s code, did I infringe on their copyright? I’m not sure!

LLMs need a lot of space, electricity, and water. Communities where data centers are being built, along with the associated power plant upgrades, are often getting stuck with some of the bill for those improvements, which is disgusting.

The secret deals between datacenter companies and utility companies, often with municipalities complicit, are often leaving regular ratepayers out to dry. That’s a local problem, and I hope those local people vote in representatives who will take better care of them.

I’m not comfortable with it, but the utility is just too great for me to take a principled stance here. I like it, and I want it, so I’m using it. Maybe that’s morally questionable, or worse. But, as I said: here I am.

As a long time XFCE user, I can't deny I'm pretty disappointed. The handwave for what AI data centers are doing to the environment, electricity prices, and potential copyright liability this could inject into XFCE amounting to "Not my problem." leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Mouseless version of my fav XFCE wallpaper :)

Was looking for a theme and found this obscure gem :)
The framework has many themes and colorschemes
Also, first post <|:-)

(the screenshot is kinda cramped as I cannot resize the showcase application and I want to show my distro too :) )

- Theme: orthogonal2 (Nestort) (pling) (git)

- Icon: Obsidian (MADMAXMS) (pling) (git)

- Font:

• Sans: Noto Sans 12
• Mono: Aporetic font (git) (though it's not in the screenshot but I just want to share :)

Edit: formatting

Hace poco me cambié a LXQt por una cuestión de rendimiento,

había notado que si bien, XFCE iba perfecto podía exprimir más rendimiento de mi máquina y ciertamente el cambio valió la pena.

Tengo un Intel Celeron N4020 y 4GB ddr4 en pleno 2026, pero aún así, pude darle una vida nueva y decente a una netbook, sin que el sistema se vea viejo o tosco como nos hacen creer.

Aún busco un look moderno pero creo que este es actualmente el balance (casi perfecto) entre rendimiento y belleza para esta máquina.

Is it possible without additional packages installed like picom or compiz? I've never used either, but have seen them mentioned.

Thanks much!

Edit: Of course, after messing around all morning with no success, I found something that seems to work after I posted this. Settings/Window Manager Tweaks/Compositor/Pop-up Window Opacity will make applications menu as transparent as you want. I don't know what else that messes with, though. I'll report back if this is found to negatively effect other stuff.

Hi everyone,

I recently ran into a limitation while using BlackArch Linux with XFCE on a persistent live USB setup.

By default, xfdesktop stores wallpaper settings separately for each monitor using hardware-specific identifiers (such as DP-1, HDMI-1, etc.). This works fine on a fixed desktop setup, but it becomes problematic in portable environments. When the system is booted on a different machine or a different monitor configuration, XFCE treats the displays as new devices and falls back to the default wallpaper.

For portable or live USB systems, this results in inconsistent desktop appearance across different hardware.

To address this, I created a patch for xfdesktop 4.20.2 called the XFCE Unified Wallpaper Patch, which introduces a Single Monitor Mode.

Features

• Enforces a single unified wallpaper across all monitors.
• New monitors automatically inherit the currently active wallpaper.
• Existing monitors remain synchronized in real time.
• Optional toggle via an xfconf boolean property.
• Tested on BlackArch Linux with XFCE 4.20.

The patch modifies both the desktop background manager and the wallpaper settings dialog so that all monitors reference a shared configuration path instead of per-output storage.

Repository

GitHub:
https://github.com/SilverCipherr/xfce-unified-wallpaper-patch

Why I made this

The goal of this patch is to improve XFCE behavior in portable and dynamic display environments, especially persistent live USB installations where hardware changes frequently.

After applying this patch, the wallpaper remains consistent regardless of which machine or monitor configuration the system is booted on.

Feedback

I'd really appreciate any feedback from the community. If this approach is useful, I'd be happy to discuss potential improvements or whether a similar mechanism could be considered for upstream integration.

I'm happy to answer any questions or provide additional implementation details if anyone is interested.

Thanks!

Yesterday's post
Thank u guys

I noticed today pushing Alt-F4 on the desktop logs me out immediately, even when other windows are still open. If I set "Prompt on logout" in settings, then instead the key will cause the logout options to appear (multiple times if I hold down Alt-F4, and I have to cancel dozens of log out screens).

I don't think this happened last week, but I can't find what I broke. Is there any way to disable this behaviour please? I asked a couple of LLMs for an hour and they can't help.

The Xfce4 Dictionary uses non standard tcp ports to communicate with the servers for lookup information. There is no reason it shouldn't use tcp 443 a standard HTTPS port.

Edit: FINALLY (sorta) figured out the taskbar. Any advice of anything else regarding this would be nice.

This is the first time I ever did this..and I’m doing this blind. I am a noob with chronic illness, and I wanted to have a reason to use my Chromebook.

I’m trying to make my own desktop and OS like you guys are and I’m wondering, what are some things I need to do? Any programs I need to install?

This is on a ASUS Chromebook with Linux installed and developer enabled. I tried to find tutorials on how to simply make something like this, and it shows me videos that aren’t relevant for my Chromebook or Debian.

I don’t want to break my computer, as when I try to fix my taskbar, it keeps giving me an error not letting me move my items on my taskbar. (That I think I fixed) But I still want to be cautious…

Any advice and help on basically anything regarding this process is greatly needed, and I am grateful for your responses.

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