Xfce tips, quirks – just stuff….

Notes…in absolutely no particular order

This is all done using Mint 21

1. Okay. It runs pretty smoothly, but, when copying large files (or folders) the thing can freeze or slow way down.
2. Thumbnails for videos – and possibly images – are weird. A couple of things to try: Go to /home/guy/.cache/thumbnails. Delete all files and reboot. Also, try running the following and rebooting:

   #!/bin/bash
   killall thunar
   sudo apt install tumbler tumbler-plugins-extra ffmpegthumbnailer 
   thunar -q

   I could have removed the references to thunar, above, as we’re not using thunar on Mint 21. Just ignore those errors and install the .deb files. Anyway, after a couple of reboots the thing seems to straighten up. But it’s a bit buggy.

3. Wine must be installed before any sort of system upgrade – otherwise you’re screwed. I am going to post a couple of scripts after this list, including the wine install (which also works on Elementary 7.1).
4. Google Chrome cannot be resized until you go into Chrome’s preferences and under the “Appearance” tab move the “System title bar and borders” to the “On” position.

Wine Script (for “Jammy”)

Again, this should work on any “Jammy” based distro (eg. Elementary 7.1) – and do not do a system upgrade before running this or you’re screwed….it will not install.

#!/bin/bash
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/jammy/winehq-jammy.sources
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

Basic Applications Install Script

#!/bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get remove --purge transmission-gtk
apt-get install vim geany deluge audacity frei0r-plugins dos2unix ffmpeg unrar p7zip-full baobab samba guvcview openssh-server cifs-utils handbrake mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui clementine vlc celluloid filezilla firefox pitivi easytag p7zip-full mtools mlocate mplayer k3b kdenlive simplescreenrecorder libk3b7-extracodecs -y
chmod 777 /usr/bin/pavucontrol
ln -s /usr/bin/pavucontrol /usr/bin/p
sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/wodim; sudo chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrdao
echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt install obs-studio

A few must-have apps

• YT_DLP
• Balena Etcher
• Balena Etcher Newer
• Audacious