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• added option to switch position of categories and launchers;
• added waiting for grabs;
• allow modifier as shortcut;
• added padding to username;
• added single panel row option;
• added about entry to context menu;
• the applications are now loaded immediately;
• recognize keypad enter as return for searching;
• the menu window type hint is now set to DIALOG;
• translation updates.

Install / upgrade to the latest Whisker Menu in Xubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

xfce4-panel --restart

Get native Linux desktop notifications in Firefox with GNotifier

"Some desired data is not yet available, but at this point I'm around 80% sure that gnome is coming out ahead in the process. This is particularly based on accessibility and to some extent systemd integration".

- Joey Hess, Debian developer

• completed port to GTK+ 3;
• fixed GStreamer 1.0 support;
• the playback controls now use a nice GtkOverlay;
• use symbolic icons for menus and plugins;
• added ability to play DVD ISO files form the Open Dialog;
• window dimensions are no longer saved when maximizing the window;
• added a new Xfconf setting “window-maximized” to keep your preferred maximization across sessions;
• rearranged and improved the menubar;
• improved playlist (an inline-toolbar is now used, removed the settings button and added Move Up/Down buttons);
• added Previous/Next track actions to the Tray and Notification plugins;
• updated artwork (background image and icons);
• improved plugin failure detection so users know something has gone wrong.

Install Parole 0.5.90 in (X)Ubuntu

The latest Parole 0.5.90 is available in the Xfce 4.12 development PPA. To use this PPA, you must also add the Xfce 4.10 PPA, which has some updated packages, even for Xubuntu versions that already ship with Xfce 4.10.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install parole

sudo nano /usr/share/dbus-1/services/indicator-sound.service

Exec=/bin/sh -c 'if [ -n "$(ps -U $USER | grep xfce4-panel)" ]; then /usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service;else /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service;fi'

Exec=/bin/sh -c 'if [ -n "$(ps -U $USER | grep xfce4-panel)" ]; then /usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service;else /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service;fi'

[D-BUS Service]
Name=com.canonical.indicator.sound
#Exec=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service
Exec=/bin/sh -c 'if [ -n "$(ps -U $USER | grep xfce4-panel)" ]; then /usr/lib/indicator-sound-gtk2/indicator-sound-service;else /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/indicator-sound/indicator-sound-service;fi'

• added option to set background opacity;
• added profile picture and a command which allows editing the profile picture (via Mugshot);
• added customizable limit for recently used;
• added support for non-square panel button icon;
• added items of Xfce settings manager to allow searching;
• rearranged options in configuration dialog and renamed some options;
• expand subcategories when activated;
• load default settings from XDG location;
• make launchers executable when they are added to desktop;
• refactored list page code;
• use a single instance of the garcon menu;
• fixed search activation to allow input methods;
• fixed broken menu when closed by window manager;
• various other bug fixes and translation updates.

Install Whisker Menu 1.5.0 In Xubuntu Or Linux Mint Xfce

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/trusty

xfce4-panel --restart

Install and configure TopMenu in Xubuntu 14.04, 14.10 or 15.04 / Linux Mint 17 or 17.1

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4-topmenu-plugin

sudo apt-get install libtopmenu-gtk3 libtopmenu-qt topmenu-mozilla-extension

Xubuntu 14.04 video

Xfce changes

• Vsync support for the compositor;
• apply wallpaper to all workspaces option;
• the Xfce Display Settings now supports monitor hotplugging
• individual wallpapers for each workspace;
• option to change wallpaper automatically after a given number of minutes/hours/days, etc. as well as a chronological option which will sort the available wallpaper pictures according to their filename and then goes through them in their sort order and spread them equally over one day;
• Add an unmount option and notifications when a device is removed;
• new accessibility feature: zoom into your desktop using Alt+Scrollwheel;
• an option to enable tooltips, which will appear when hovering over icons on the desktop with the mouse.

New defaults

Other changes

• as usual, the GTK themes preinstalled with Xubuntu were updated with support for the GTK 3 version available in Xubuntu 14.04 (GTK 3.10);
• the LightDM GTK Greeter has a new theme;
• new default wallpaper;
• improved documentation which is also updated to match new applications and application versions;
• the image viewer and organizer gThumb is no longer included by default, Ristretto is still included for photo viewing;
• a community wallpaper package is finally available starting with Xubuntu 14.04. In this first release, the package includes 6 beautiful wallpapers.

New LightDM GTK Greeter theme

Numix (included by default) was updated to work with the latest GTK, like all other preinstalled themes

The default Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr wallpaper

Default applications

Catfish

Parole

Download Xubuntu 14.04

• GIMP will be dropped;
• Abiword will be dropped;
• LibreOffice or parts of it will be installed by default.

• show the title and buttons of the maximized window on the panel (there is an option to control active windows even if they aren't maximized);
• allow window actions on buttons and title clicks (activate, (un)maximize, close);
• allow window action menu on left button click;
• title formatting options;
• xfwm4/unity theming support for buttons;
• the window title / buttons can be placed anywhere on the panel (unlike under Unity for example), the button order can be changed, etc.

Install Windowck Plugins in Xubuntu

sudo apt-get install autotools-dev pkg-config intltool dh-autoreconf libgtk2.0-dev xfce4-dev-tools xfce4-panel-dev libxfce4util-dev libxfconf-0-dev libxfce4ui-1-dev libwnck-dev wget

cd
wget https://github.com/cedl38/xfce4-windowck-plugin/archive/v0.3.0.tar.gz
tar -xvf v0.3.0.tar.gz

cd ~/xfce4-windowck-plugin-0.3.0
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

• "Window Header - Buttons" to put the maximized window buttons on the panel
• "Window Header - Title" to put the maximized window title on the panel

Remove maximized window borders

sudo apt-get install maximus

gconftool-2 --set /apps/maximus/no_maximize --type=bool true

Ubuntu Touch Emulator

Y PPA Manager

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager

Xfce DockBarX plugin

The Xfce DockBarX plugin (which allows DockBarX to be used as a panel applet for Xfce) was updated with just one bug fix / work-around but which is pretty important as it should get the applet to work properly on many systems where it would only work if it was started after logging in (didn't work after a logout/login).

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xfce4-dockbarx-plugin

Xfce 4.12 video

Changes in Xfce 4.12

• zoom the desktop via ALT + mouse scrollwheel;
• Xfsettingsd now supports libinput;
• option to hide window title for maximized windows, useful on small screens (System Settings > Accessibility > Hide title of windows when mximized) - this requires compositing;
• sync to VBlank support for the Xfwm4 compositor (System Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Compositor).

Applications

• users can now use pkexec instead of gksu(do), with Thunar and Mousepad;
• the Xfce Screenshooter can now upload screenshots to Imgur;
• Squeeze (Archive manager) was partially rewritten;
• Xfburn gained BluRay Disc burning support;
• the GNOME2 hardware monitor plugin was ported to Xfce Panel;
• the Weather plugin got a new user interface;
• the Clipboard Manager plugin optionally displays a QR code;
• the Cpufreq plugin now supports Intel P-state.

Xfce 4.12 availability

• Development builds of Xfce 4.12 were available in Xubuntu starting with Xubuntu 13.04 so if you're a Xubuntu user, you already have many of the features presented in this article;
• As for the final Xfce 4.12, Xubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet includes parts of it while the rest is available in a staging PPA. The final Xubuntu 15.04 release should include the complete Xfce 4.12 desktop.
• The Xfce 4.12 PPA is in the process of being updated with the latest Xfce 4.12 stable (for Ubuntu 14.10 only but 14.04 will probably follow). I won't add installation instructions right now because the PPA still provides Xfce 4.12 development builds (4.11.x) for Ubuntu 14.04 and Xfce Power Manager failed to build for Ubuntu 14.10. Update: the PPA is now ready for installing the latest Xfce 4.12 (stable, not using development builds) in Xubuntu 14.04 or 14.10 - installation instructions.

• Xfce 4.12 release announcement
• Xfce 4.12 tour
• Xfce 4.12 changelog