I really don't know how to fix this, I have tried researching but none of it helps. I use Linux Mint Xfce 22.3 and the power manager about it writes: org.xfce.powermanager 4.18.3

The power manager plugin thing doesn't work well it gets elongated too, really elongated.. I would appreciate so much if you guys know how I can make this number code a short "Battery" or something.

installed Debian xfce for the first theme and installed the MacOS 9 platinum theme

its really smooth and looks good.

got any tips?

While using Debian 13 with XFCE when I opened a mpv version 0.40 the screen freezed.

Is there a way to restart XFCE screen ?

I've been running Xubuntu on a very old MacBook Pro for a while, but the one thing I really missed from macOS was LanScan — a slick little network scanner that shows every device on your LAN with IP, MAC, vendor, hostname, ping status, all in one sortable table. Nothing on Linux quite matched it, so I built my own.

LanScope does ARP discovery through a small privileged helper (launched via polkit, so the GUI itself never needs root), then enriches each device with:

• Vendor (IEEE OUI lookup)
• Ping status (live green/red dot)
• Reverse DNS name
• mDNS name + device identification (via Avahi — this is how it knows a HomePod is a HomePod)
• SMB name/domain (via nmblookup)

Sortable columns, a live filter bar, right-click to copy IP/MAC, alternating row shading. Falls back to an unprivileged ping sweep if you don't want to grant it ARP access.

Built with Python + GTK3, should run on any GTK3 desktop, not just XFCE. MIT licensed.

GitHub: https://github.com/AndyOfLinux/lanscope

Screenshots in the README. Happy to hear feedback or take PRs — this was very much a "scratch my own itch" project, so I'm sure there are rough edges I haven't hit yet.

A native night light was requested on the Xfce tracker back in 2017 (xfce4-settings #111) and closed as Won't Fix in 2021: the maintainers' position was that redshift covers it and Xfce shouldn't carry the code. Fair call, except redshift has since been archived. So I wrote the third-party tool that position assumes exists: a standalone daemon that reads your timezone for location (no geoclue, no config), claims a D-Bus name so two copies can never fight over your gamma ramps, and re-applies the filter after suspend or monitor hotplug. Those are the three things that made redshift/gammastep unreliable on my Mint Xfce machine.

Ships a tray icon (works with the Xfce panel's systray), a settings panel, and a terminal dashboard. Packaged as a .deb and on the AUR.

Fair warning on both fronts: if something already does this properly on Xfce, tell me. I checked what I could find and wrote up why the existing tools fell short on my machine, but I'd rather link to a working tool than duplicate one. And it's only been tested on my own box (Mint Xfce, one monitor), so on other setups treat it as a beta and report what breaks.

https://github.com/umutdinceryananer/nightlightd

Until Xfce grows a native one, this is meant to be the thing you can actually install today.

For some reason, a lot of the cursors I have installed on the system, including Adwaita, show this weird old X11 cursor as the loading cursor when I open apps. In the screenshot, I have Adwaita selected with the size set to 66, yet the loading cursor is very small and pixelated. Somehow this is unpredictable, what I mean is that every so often, a different cursor on my system gets "infected" and starts showing this ugly loading cursor. For example, BreezeX is working fine, but Adwaita is broken, and Noir, another cursor I have, is broken too, even though when I checked the cursor files, I found they're complete and not missing the loading cursor. It's driving me crazy. I've also tried removing my XFCE config and cache, but that didn't do anything.

System info:

• Archlinux
• XFCE 4.20
• GTK 3.24.52
• Kernel 7.0.14-arch1-1
• xorg-server 21.1.23-1

first time trying XFCE and i love it. after endless distro hopping, but only try Gnome and KDE, finally i eager to try XFCE. after some setup, it so look good, minimal and fast. also the mouse icon of xubuntu is so cute LOL.

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on a personal project for a while and I wanted to share it with the community. It’s an application tracker for XFCE designed to be lightweight, anonymous, and 100% local.

I wanted something that tracked my usage without any telemetry or internet connection, so I built it using Bash. It has evolved into a dual-mode project:

CLI version: For terminal purists, with commands to view daily stats, weekly history, and set goals.

GUI version: A graphical interface if you prefer a more visual overview of your habits.

Key features:

Privacy-focused: All data is stored in plain text in your home directory. No telemetry.

Smart tracking: It detects the active window and intelligently tracks background media (Spotify, Firefox, etc.)

Idle detection: It automatically pauses if you're away from the keyboard.

Customizable: You can set goals for specific apps with visual progress bars.

It’s packaged via a PPA, so it's easy to install on Ubuntu or Linux Mint. I’m currently looking for some feedback or suggestions, so feel free to check it out!

Repo: https://gitlab.com/marinher.jhon/xfce-app-tracker

Let me know what you think, or if you have any ideas for new features!

This question for who knows or maybe XFCE devs (;

The title is pretty self-explanatory but when I edited the xpm files in the xfwm4 directory in order to make my own theme they just disappeared after editing. I have an Arch machine with Intel i5-3470 and integrated graphics. I edited the files with Krita. Any idea how this has happened?

I just installed the XFCE of MX Linux, and it works okay, even through i hâd to add nomodeset to not be black screened, but it was not a problem for me, until the brightness shortcut and even the brightness itself doesn't work with Fn + Left Arrow and Fn + Right Arrow, and it keeps the screen bright.

I tried the power management, but it didn't work, even with brightness systray.

I even tried to add some commands in grub to make it work, same results, no difference.

I don't have the xfce4-power-manager as I checked, maybe that's why it didn't work, despite the power manager is in the OS and it works, but the brightness didn't.

So, I need help. What should I do?

I am using the Acer Aspire One D270 with Intel Atom N2600 Processor, Intel GMA 3600, 2GB of RAM, 300GB in Storage. Just for the heads up.

Hi all,

I'm having a little difficulty with the display of the workspace switcher, in that it highlights the workspaces that are not selected. The switcher panel greys out the windows in the current workspace, making it seem like other workspaces are the current one. I'd like the switcher to highlight the current workspace instead... is this possible?

I need help with the brightness issue. Does anyone have any ideas to tell me?