XFCE/Fedora questions

[Jan-Thomas Czornack]

Ben Steeves wrote:
> I want to run XFCE as my default environment, but it doesn't seem to
> "stick".  GDM says I need to use "switchdesk" to change my default
> desktop, but XFCE doesn't appear in the list (only GNOME, KDE, and TWM).

Have you tried to make an XFCE file in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions ?

> 
> Second question: I've put firefox on my launch panel, and it works fine
> the first time I click on it, but the second time, it tries to launch a
> second instance rather than just a new window in the original instance,
> and gives me a profiles dialog.  Any way to just get it to open a new
> window and not complain?
> 

With FireBird0.7 (and probably also with FireFox0.8) you can use the 
remote command. For example:

MozillaFirebird -remote "OpenURL(http://fedora.redhat.com, new-window)"


Regards

Jantho