XFCE

I'm growing increasingly impressed with Xubuntu but setting the default web browser is a nightmare. In theory, you simply choose your preferred web browser in the settings and it should be enough. Some applications just ignore this and open in whatever was set before them by the distro makers. There is a reason, and a solution.

I stumbled upon a minor but irritating bug / quirk with Xubuntu Karmic 9.10 with Compiz and the panel / notification area over ruling each other. It comes down to which one loads first. I noticed that some applications like Audacious had their status icon active but invisible. You could click on where the icon should be and it'd act as if it was there, you just couldn't see it.

When you have a passion or interest in one thing, your attention is drawn to it when you see it. By that I mean those who are interested in PC's, OS's (Operating Systems) etc tend to be drawn towards them when we see them in the background of interviews, TV and movie scenes etc I remember many years ago, the PC on the Daniels family sitting room in the Aussie soap Neighbours was always turned so you never saw the screen. One day the camera panned too far and you saw a Commodore Amiga hand boot screen.

For the last couple of days I've been left wondering if my mind is leaking, and transmitting what I like in a Linux distro as the latest Linux Mint XFCE CE (Community Edition) "Gloria" (it's the first time I've called a Mint edition by it's name, I usually use it's number) seems to hit almost every spot straight out the box. Before I continue I should point out that I adore Linux Mint XFCE, I regularly switch between that and Crunchbang, both of which are based on Ubuntu. My preferred DE is XFCE.