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Try out Mint Xfce(linuxmint-14-xfce-dvd-32bit.iso) in Virtual Box this morning. It's fast(duo to Xfce), beautiful and customizable(convenient than LXDE's openbox). I installed Terminator and erlang from its "Software Manager", and shell command "tree" from apt-get smoothly. Application Finder(Alt + F3) and

Window Manager are also helpful and powerful. Some frequently used shortcuts including(all defined in Window Manager -> Keyboard):

• Show Desktop: Alt + Ctrl + z (the defaut A-C-d is unconvenient);

• Minimize Window: Alt + F9;

• Maximize/Restore Window: Alt+F10;

• Go to workspace 1/2/3/4: Ctrl + F1/F2/F3/F4;

I defined a shortcut(Alt + T) for Terminator in Application Finder -> keyboard -> Application Shortcuts.

Customize Desktop

right click on panel -> Panel -> Panel Preferences:

• make panel vertical: Display -> Mode: Vertical;

• remove time, date and "Menu" from panel: Items: select time and date item and click remove button on the right side;

• add desktop clock: see note " Use Conky as Desktop Clock on Xfce ";

• only display window icon (no title) on panel: Item -> Window Buttons -> Edit -> Uncheck "Show button labels";

• make panel semi-transparent: Appearance: Background -> Style: Background Image; Opacity -> Enter: 100, Leave: 50; (you have to use "AppFinder -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Compositor: Enable display compositing" to make Opacity value adjustable. You can also make window semi-transparent when moving by setting "Opacity of windows during move", which is a sub-option of "Enable display compositing");

• Get desktop resolution: ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml:

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