diff --git a/sources/tech/20170324 This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users Monitors.md b/sources/tech/20170324 This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users Monitors.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6090992a26 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20170324 This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users Monitors.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +# This Xfce Bug Is Wrecking Users’ Monitors + +The Xfce desktop environment for Linux may be fast and flexible — but it’s currently affected by a very serious flaw. + +Users of this lightweight alternative to GNOME and KDE have reported that the choice of default wallpaper in Xfce is causing damaging to laptop displays and LCD monitors. + +And there’s damning photographic evidence to back the claims up. + +### Xfce Bug #12117 + + _“The default desktop startup screen causes damage to monitor!”_  screams one user in [a bug filed][1] on the Xfce bugzilla. + + _“The defualt wallpaper is having my animal scritch (sic) all the plastic off my LED MONITOR! Can we choose a different wallpaper? I cannot expect the scratches and whu not? Let’s end the mouse games over here.”_ + +[ + ![](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cat-xfce-bug-2-750x801.jpg) +][6] + +The flaw — or should that be claw? — is not isolated to just one user’s desktop either. Other users have been able to reproduce the issue, albeit inconsistently, as this second, separate photo an affected Reddtior proves: + + ![](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cat-xfce-bug-1-750x395.jpeg) + +It’s not clear whether the  lay with Xfce or with cats. If it’s the latter the hope for a fix is moot; like cheap Android phones cats do not receive upgrades from their OEM. + +‘for users of Xfce on other Linux distributions the outlook is less paw-sitive’ + +Thankfully Xubuntu users are not affected by clawful issue. This is because the Xfce-based Ubuntu flavor ships with its own, mouse-free desktop wallpaper. + +But for users of Xfce on other Linux distributions the outlook is less paw-sitive. + +A patch has been proposed to fix the foul up but is yet to be accepted upstream. If you’re at all concerned by bug #12117 you can apply the patch manually on your own system by downloading the image below and setting it as your wallpaper. + +[ + ![](http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/xfce-dog-wallpaper-750x363.jpg) +][7] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/xfce-wallpaper-cat-bug + +作者:[JOEY SNEDDON ][a] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]:https://plus.google.com/117485690627814051450/?rel=author +[1]:https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12117 +[2]:https://plus.google.com/117485690627814051450/?rel=author +[3]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/category/random-2 +[4]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/xubuntu.jpg +[5]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/xfce-wallpaper-cat-bug +[6]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cat-xfce-bug-2.jpg +[7]:http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/xfce-dog-wallpaper.jpg