On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:10:28 -0500
golinux@??? wrote:

> On 2018-08-31 11:37, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> > From some time ago, XFCE 4 terminal 0.8.3 does NOT separate its main
> > menus. This is in XFCE 4 under ASCII. The menu bar appears like a
> > sentence without spaces. This also happens in 'Preferences' with tab
> > captions forming literally one long word.
> >
> [cut]
> >
> > What can be done about it? The machine is an HP Probook 4540s,
> > because 'used' is what I can afford, and I have several prospective
> > heirs. _______________________________________________
>
>
> Use the default Clearlooks-Phenix-DarkPurpy theme. Most other themes
> cannot render the gtk3 properly. xfce4 terminal looks great here.

Another possibility: Substitute LXDE for XFCE. Long before systemd, I
discovered that XFCE was kind of unstable and not real trustworthy,
whereas LXDE is quite the opposite. The only XFCE advantage over LXDE I
ever found was drawers and stuff, but installing dmenu should render
that LXDE disadvantage moot.

And LXDE uses a lot less RAM. Over the years Xfce has gotten a little
porky.

SteveT

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