There is one significant stumbling block: installing Panel Profiles does not install the Xfce components its layouts require
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If you don't, the tool will quit, leaving you with no panels at all.
Key facts
- With Panel Profiles, you can make Xfce resemble various versions of Windows, Xubuntu, Xfce itself, MATE (or GNOME 2, if you're nostalgic), Mac OS X, or Ubuntu Unity
- In Part 1 of this two-part workshop, they'll show you how to install Panel Profiles and the extra components that let it flefce's muscles
- In KDE, you'll have to DIY ("Do It Yourself," for non-Brits) and learn to navigate KDE's hundreds of settings in dozens of dialog boxes
- OpenSUSE Leap 15.x, a Windows 95-style layout, with some Linux improvements: a single panel at the bottom, the more capable Whisker menu first, then a "show desktop" button and a virtual desktop
Summary
Panel Profiles handles the heavy lifting, once you've installed the plugins it expects. PART 1 Xfce is one of the oldest and smallest desktops, but it's also one of the most malleable: it can look and work like multiple other OSes. Xfce has been around for 30 years, undergoing several facelifts while remaining one of the most configurable and lightweight Linux desktops. The good news, though, is that you don't have to spend hours right-clicking and twiddling options to give it a whole new look. With Panel Profiles, you can make Xfce resemble various versions of Windows, Xubuntu, Xfce itself, MATE (or GNOME 2, if you're nostalgic), Mac OS X, or Ubuntu Unity. In Part 1 of this two-part workshop, they'll show you how to install Panel Profiles and the extra components that let it flefce's muscles.