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lintek

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Registered: 2013-02-07

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[SOLVED] xfce4-about app observation

I just noticed something about the display of the Distributor value of the xfce4-about app. It displays Xubuntu when I thought it would display Linux Mint. On my Xubuntu install on a different laptop, xfce4-about correctly displays Xubuntu. Interesting enough, the OS Name displays the correct values between the two installations.

Is there some file that could be modified to change the value on my Linux Mint installation? Xubuntu was not found in any of the following files
- /etc/os-release
- /etc/lsb-release
And inxi -F doesn't return Xubuntu either.

Last edited by lintek (2025-03-16 18:36:04)

ToZ

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce4-about app observation

What version of Xfce are you using?

Distributor value

What exactly are you referring to here?

With the current version, if gets the name and Build from /etc/os-release and if that doesn't exist, it gets if from "uname -a". If you are referring to the logo, that comes from the os-logo icon file.

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lintek

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Registered: 2013-02-07

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce4-about app observation

I'm running Xfce 4.18 on both my Xubuntu 24.04 LTS and Lint Mint 22.1 installations. There is a package called libxfce4ui-utils that contains the xfce4-about app and the title bar reads: "About the Xfce Desktop Environment". The app displays four tabs:

SYSTEM : ABOUT : CREDITS : COPYRIGHT

On the SYSTEM tab are a number on fields, one being the Distributor field. On my Xubuntu and Linux Mint installations, Xubuntu is displayed as the Distributor.
But should Linux Mint be the value displayed for the Linux Mint installation?

I've examined all the mentioned configuration files, but nothing contains Xubuntu. The name must be embedded somewhere, but where?

Last edited by lintek (2025-03-16 13:36:05)

ToZ

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Re: [SOLVED] xfce4-about app observation

Okay. The "Distributor" field was dropped in 4.20. In 4.18, it took that info from the build script. Since Mint is probably using Xubuntu packages, its probably specified in the xubuntu build script.

I can't find any build info on the libxfce4ui-utils package in Linux Mint (probably because it just uses the Xubuntu one) and xubuntu build can be found here. Specifically:

dh_auto_configure -- \
    --with-vendor-info=Xubuntu \
    --enable-gtk-doc \
    --enable-introspection=yes \
    --enable-vala=no
    ./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --includedir=\${prefix}/include --mandir=\${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\${prefix}/share/info --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --disable-option-checking --disable-silent-rules --libdir=\${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --runstatedir=/run --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking --with-vendor-info=Xubuntu --enable-gtk-doc --enable-introspection=yes --enable-vala=no

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