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flebber

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Registered: 2007-06-19

Posts: 32

XFCE alternative menu system

HI I was trying to do this

There is a completely new linux menu system based on usability testing that has been done,  this is how the menu looks on xfce desktop You can see a video of an annoying man talking about the menu in this video about the menu. Given the testing that has been carried out it should, in theory, be easier for people new to linux to learn. you can use it on xfce by installing this xfce plugin and the menu.

On debian or ubuntu get the packages gnome-main-menu and xfce4-xfapplet-plugin. Then add the menu to your panel by right clicking on the panel, selecting; add new item >xfapplet >add >start menu Have fun.

Got it from Tips and Tricks - XFCE Wiki

It seems that we don't have gnome-main-menu in the repositories to get this to work. I was doing it just for the fun of it, has anyone got this or someting similar to go in xfce ?

finferflu

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2007-06-21

Posts: 1,899

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Re: XFCE alternative menu system

Check this out

http://ansich.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/ … rch-linux/

Edit:

Please note that Gnome switched from CVS to SVN, so the PKGBUILD will no longer work, so I guess you'll have to build it from SVN yourself.
Otherwise you may request a PKGBUILD from AUR.

Good luck!

Last edited by finferflu (2007-07-28 09:43:25)

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slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: XFCE alternative menu system

I don't really need a new menu, but those search functions shown the "Personal Information" video look *really* useful. I'd love to have some of those capabilities in xfce, rather than having to locate and grep everything from the command line.

http://www.novell.com/video/desktop/