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Frequently Asked Questions
How to pronounce Xfce ?
“Ecks Eff See Eee”
What does it mean ?
The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, but since then, Xfce was rewritten twice and doesn't use XForms toolkit anymore. The name survived, but the F is no longer capitalized (not “XFce”, but “Xfce”). Currently the abbreviation doesn't stand for anything (suggestion: X Freakin' Cool Environment). It's not pronounced “X-Face”. There is no “a” in it.
What does the logo mean ?
A mouse, obviously, for all kinds of reasons like world domination and monsters and such.
On which platforms does Xfce run currently ?
Xfce is developed to be versatile. It is currently supported on Linux, Solaris and BSD, but has been known to run in some shape or form on IRIX, MacOS X, and Windows.
Under which license is Xfce distributed ?
Xfce 4 components are licensed under free or open source licenses: GPL or BSDL for applications and LGPL or BSDL for libraries. Read the documentation, the source code, or the Xfce homepage for more information.
How long between two official release ?
There is no set schedule, but there are goals the developers try to meet. That said, the creation of deadlines does not lend itself well to those working without compensation. So the overall goal is to release a new version as certain goals are reached. Unfortunately, that does not allow the advanced statement of any release schedule. Please check back often to read any news releases about the product.
How to configure Shortcuts / Hotkeys / Menu Accelerators ?
A number of Xfce applications (Thunar, for example) support the standard GTK2 way of changing shortcuts: simply hover over the menu option with the mouse pointer and press the keyboard shortcut you want to rebind it to.
To delete a keyboard assignment, press the Backspace key while you are on the menu entry.
If the shortcut doesn't change, then you need to enable the feature in GTK+. This can be achieved in 3 ways:
- If you are running the Xfce desktop environment, enable Editable menu accelerators in the User Interface Preferences dialog.
- If you are running GNOME then you can enable Editable menu accelerators in the Menu and Toolbars control center dialog.
- Otherwise put the following in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file (create the file if it doesn't exist):
gtk-can-change-accels=1
xfsettingsd is running you must change the setting with the Xfce GUI, not through the .gtkrc-2.0 file.
Refer to specific app's documentation to learn how to configure its shortcuts.