Explore XFCE The easy way, using a live CD By Carl Weisheit

Why did I use Xfce and Xubuntu? Using a live CD will let you explore the Xfce GUI without installing or altering anything on your system Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux Distro at this time* and comes pre-installed on major brands such as Dell Computers Xubuntu is the Ubuntu Distro using the Xfce GUI Xfce is a lightweight GUI used in Linux. It uses less system resources than heavier GUIs such as KDE. This allows older computers to run faster. In Xubuntu the Xfce GUI is configured to look just like the well known Gnome GUI on Ubuntu Xfce will install and run most of the same applications that work with heavier GUIs like KDE and Gnome. * #1 on Distro Watch

Desktop features shutdown trashcanworkspaces Bottom panel shows active applications USB drive attached Common locations in filesystem

Desktop features clock Update manager icon networking Top panel holds menu and app icons menu Firefox icon Help icon background

To shutdown Left click exit icon

Right click background for desktop preferences

To edit clock Select clock

Right click update icon

Right click networking icon

Left click help icon help icon

Left click firefox icon Firefox icon

common locations in filesystem Select places menu

Applications/settings to get settings manager

Autostarted apps, keyboard settings & Panel settings

SCIM setup, splash screens & workspace margins

Desktop settings, menu editor & preferred (default) apps

User themes, display settings & screensavers

Mouse settings, printer settings & startup settings

Window manager and file manager settings

Calendar settings

Removable drives, sound settings & window manager tweaks

Accessories: A ppfinder, bulk rename & calculator

Accessories: character map, print jobs & text editor

Accessories: terminal and file manager

Games menu

Graphics applications

Multimedia applications

Network applications

Office applications

System applications: basic package manager, authorizations & hardware drivers

System applications: Installer, languages & network settings

System applications: GParted, shared folder settings & services

System applications: software sources, system performance monitor & synaptic package manager

System applications: time/date, update manager & user settings

About Xfce

Right click bottom panel to edit panel

To find or edit Keyboard shortcuts: Applications menu/settings/settings manager/ keyboard preferences/shortcuts tab

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