Replacing the "Q" menu with the better "whisker menu"

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deeplow
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2021-03-25 16:22:54
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edit: this does not work on the next Qubes release (R4.1) (see here)


[quote="McbXPdkWfyGbyvJvpXpw, post:1, topic:3410"] `1. I couldn’t figure out the commands to install whisker menu on qubes [/quote]

Whisker menu is awesome (compared to the default XFCE one) and it doesn't even have to be installed (it's already there)

I think it's comes already be installed on the system. So you can follow the following guide (from the Add the Whisker menu to your XFCE panel part only)

https://www.pragmaticlinux.com/2021/03/install-and-configure-the-whisker-menu-as-your-xfce-start-menu/

Then you can also replace the "whiskers" icon with the qubes icon. Right-clicking on the whisker menu icon » properties » Icon

And then at the top of the window that pops up you select Location Icons and then there should be 4 little "Q" icons (blue, green, red and yellow/orange).