28 Nov 2024 - by 'Maurits van der Schee'
I often choose Linux Mint XFCE when I need a good looking and comfortable system quick. But sometimes I'd rather have a more stable system and match what I have on the server, which is Debian 12 with XFCE. Unfortunately Debian with XFCE doesn't look as good as Mint with XFCE. In this post I'll explain what you can do to make Debian look like Mint/Xubuntu and suitable for everyday use.
In order to make the task bar look more familiar for Windows users do:
Note that for me Network Manager applet.
Install dependencies
sudo apt install elementary-xfce-icon-theme
sudo apt install fonts-noto
sudo apt install greybird-gtk-theme
sudo apt install lightdm-settings
sudo apt install dmz-cursor-theme
sudo apt install mugshot
Change "Appearance" settings
Change "Window Manager" settings
Change "Mouse and Touchpad" settings
Change "Login Window" settings
This should look familiar if you are used to Mint XFCE or Xubuntu like me.
If you want the always up-to-date firefox as I want then you may want to install Firefox instead of Firefox-ESR using:
wget -q https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg -O- | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc > /dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update && sudo apt remove firefox-esr
sudo apt install firefox
Note that by default the profile is not migrated.
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