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+ | ====== Welcome to the Xfce Developer Wiki ====== | ||
- | ===Introduction=== | ||
- | This page is meant as guide for the use of Virtual Machine images created for Xfce developers and users who wish to test and preview the latest builds of Xfce coming from GIT Master branch. The images are based on openSUSE Xfce RAT, which is the [https:// | ||
- | Currently there are qcow2 images for KVM & Xen but support for Virtual Box, VMware and Vagrant are in the works. | + | * **[[# |
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+ | This is the place to store Xfce related information which is not appropriate for [[https:// | ||
- | ===Download=== | + | Rule of thumb: Information that you would put into a man page should go to the [[https:// |
- | * [https://download.opensuse.org/ | + | Check the [[/start? |
+ | //Caution: Everything you find here may or may not be verified, or up to date with the current Xfce release.// | ||
- | ===Setup with GNOME Boxes=== | + | ---- |
- | Once downloaded, these qcow2 can be used "out of the box". The most convenient way is to import them in ''' | + | |
- | Read more about it on their [https:// | + | |
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- | File:Gnome-boxes-create-vm.png|1. Create Virtual Machine | + | |
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- | ===First Boot=== | + | |
- | When these images are imported they can be launched and a "first time boot" wizard will guide you through a basic setup. | + | |
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- | ===Maintenance=== | + | |
- | Once inside the guest virtual machine up and running, you can maintain the setup and update it like a regular Tumbleweed system by running the following command in a terminal. | + | |
- | < | + | |
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- | This command will fetch all the latest packages from both the Tumbleweed distribution and OBS [https:// | + | |
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- | ===Building from sources=== | + | |
- | Although Xfce components come in pre-compiled packages regularly updated, it is possible to build directly from source code. Fetching all the necessary dependencies can be easily achieved by the commands < | + | |
- | Example: | + | |
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- | The command above fetches all the dependencies needed to build libxfce4ui. Other commands and examples for the Zypper package manager can also be found in this [https:// | + | |
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- | ===Alternatives to Boxes === | + | |
- | While Boxes is the easiest way there are of course quite a few others like virt-manager, | + | |
===== General ===== | ===== General ===== | ||
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* [[events|Events related to Xfce]] | * [[events|Events related to Xfce]] | ||
* [[testing/ | * [[testing/ | ||
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- | ===== Special Interest Groups ===== | + | ===== Special Interest Groups |
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===== Projects ===== | ===== Projects ===== | ||
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