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How do you change the window manager to XFCE4?

mr_bigmouth_502

Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:49:05 am

Hi, I'm mr_bigmouth_502 and I'm a new Zorin OS user. I recently downloaded Zorin 8 Gaming, and so far it's a pretty decent distro. One thing I wonder though, how do I change the window manager to something lighter, like XFCE? The normal Zorin WM works fine for the most part, though it does unfortunately hamper my gaming performance somewhat. I've tried looking all over the place for advice on how to do this, and I've already installed the XFCE4 metapackage, though I can't seem to find the session changer on the login screen.

If anyone can help, I would much appreciate it. :)

Swarfendor437

Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:37:59 am

Hi, if you have installed xfce then this should be available by clicking on the cog-wheel - the last time I installed xfce on Zorin 6 the Zorin DE disappeared altogether - this is the destkop that I ended up with:

http://gnome-look.org/content/preview.p ... +imagining