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I'm running Debian and doesn't really like gnome nor KDE and read about this XFce that ought to be a more simple X which is exactly what I'm looking for. So I re-installed the bare minimums of Debian and here I am, with nothing but Links/Lynx vim and apt-get (lovely isn't it?) trying to configure Xfce4.

First I tried to just 'apt-get' it and run it but it asks for a desktop manager. So I download XDM and try to run it. It asks for "/etc/X11/X" which I don't have. I configured the file to ask for "/etc/Xfce4/startxfce4" instead but it doesn't work neither.

Anyone experienced in the subject that could guide me through the process?

Regards
Richard

I use XFce4 on my arch linux box. It is very popular among arch users, as the whole philosophy of arch is running light and lean with as little bloat as possible. Check out the forums and wiki pages at www.archlinux.org and you'll find lots of tips. Obviously nothing specific to using debian's apt-get to install the package initially, but there is plenty of help for configuring xfce once you get it installed.

I've looked at the documentation at www.xfce.org as well. It is pretty skimpy, but what there is tends to be pretty good.

Good luck.
Ralph