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Package Details: xfce-winxp-tc-git r578.97eeacb-1

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Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/xfce-winxp-tc-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	xfce-winxp-tc-git
Description:	Windows XP Total Conversion for XFCE
Upstream URL:	https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc
Keywords:	gtk lightdm theme winxp xfce
Licenses:	GPL
Conflicts:	xfce-winxp-tc
Provides:	xfce-winxp-tc
Submitter:	SelfRef
Maintainer:	SelfRef
Last Packager:	SelfRef
Votes:	6
Popularity:	0.59
First Submitted:	2023-05-27 16:13 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2026-04-05 07:19 (UTC)

Dependencies (24)

libwintc (libwintc-git^AUR)
xdg-utils (busking-git^AUR, xdg-utils-slock^AUR, mimi^AUR, mimi-git^AUR, opener^AUR, mimejs-git^AUR, xdg-utils-mimeo^AUR)
cmake (cmake3^AUR, cmake-git^AUR) (make)
garcon (garcon-git^AUR, garcon-devel^AUR) (make)
git (git-git^AUR, git-gl^AUR, git-wd40^AUR) (make)
glib2-devel (glib2-devel-git^AUR) (make)
libcanberra (libcanberra-gtk2^AUR) (make)
libpulse (pulseaudio-dummy^AUR, libpulse-git^AUR) (make)
libzip (libzip-git^AUR) (make)
lightdm (lightdm-git^AUR, lightdm-guest^AUR) (make)
networkmanager (networkmanager-git^AUR, networkmanager-clat^AUR, nmlinkd^AUR, networkmanager-iwd^AUR) (make)
python-packaging (make)
python-pillow (python-pillow-simd-git^AUR, hosaka-studio^AUR) (make)
ruby-sass (make)
upower (upower-nocritical^AUR, upower-git^AUR, upower-nosystemd-git^AUR) (make)
webkit2gtk-4.1 (webkit2gtk-4.1-imgpaste^AUR) (make)
xorg-xcursorgen (make)
libcanberra (libcanberra-gtk2^AUR) (optional) – Sound theme
libpulse (pulseaudio-dummy^AUR, libpulse-git^AUR) (optional) – Volume control in tray
libzip (libzip-git^AUR) (optional) – Browsing ZIP files in Windows Explorer
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Sources (1)

xfce-winxp-tc

Pinned Comments

SelfRef commented on 2024-05-22 22:23 (UTC) (edited on 2025-11-24 23:47 (UTC) by SelfRef)

Some basic instructions for using this package from the packager's perspective:

Xfce Settings

Appearance -> Style: set either Windows XP, Windows Classic or Professional; make sure the switch "Set matching Xfwm4 theme..." is enabled
Appearance -> Icons: set Luna
Appearance -> Fonts: set Tahoma Regular for Default and Lucida Console Regular for Monospace
Windows Manager -> Style tab: set same as for Appearance (if not changed already)
Mouse and Touchpad -> Theme: set Windows XP Standard (or with shadows)
Settings Editor -> xsettings -> change entry SoundThemeName to "Windows XP Default"

Login greeter:

In LightDM config file (/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf) uncomment and set option greeter-session=wintc-logonui under [Seat:*]

Win XP tasbar:

[! ! !] Note it's not a panel theme but a separate executable
If you want to use it along Xfce panels just add Xfce Settings -> Session and Startup -> Application Autostart entry with command wintc-taskband, set trigger to "on login"
If you want to disable panel you can uninstall it or there's a trick:
- Login again, ensure Win XP taskbar shows up
- Go to Xfce Settings -> Session and Startup -> Currect Session
- Select xfce4-panel and Quit Program, after that click Save Session
- Also the "Automatically save session on logout" in General tab should be disabled
- Panel state will be preserved unless you override the session

Applications

This package contains some applications like Explorer and Notepad that can be just open from application list. You can check what is added in package file list after installing.

Latest Comments

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SelfRef commented on 2026-04-05 07:19 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-05 07:20 (UTC) by SelfRef)

Thanks. Package fixed!

rozniak commented on 2026-04-04 20:36 (UTC)

Sorry I forgot to mention this - I dropped the Python venv so that in future Gentoo may be supported (no network access allowed).

This means that python-pillow is a build-time dependency now.

workonfire commented on 2026-04-04 13:25 (UTC)

[100%] Generating gtk.css
[100%] Generating composed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/wzium/.cache/yay/xfce-winxp-tc-git/src/xfce-winxp-tc/tools/bldutils/bldtheme/bldtheme.py", line 6, in <module>
    from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PIL'
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/resources-gtk2.dir/build.make:73: composed] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:90: CMakeFiles/resources-gtk2.dir/all] Error 2

Installing python-pillow fixes it.

SelfRef commented on 2025-11-24 23:46 (UTC)

@rozniak: Woops, for some reason I missed your comment. Just, added libxml2 to dependencies, thanks! :)

UlyssesZhan commented on 2025-11-24 23:37 (UTC)

Thank you. This fixes it.

rozniak commented on 2025-11-24 23:19 (UTC)

@UlyssesZhan Is greeter-session=wintc-logonui defined under [Seat:*]? That error would suggest it thinks it's defined under [LightDM]...

UlyssesZhan commented on 2025-11-24 23:16 (UTC)

@rozniak In /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log, this seems to point to the problem:

[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[+0.00s] DEBUG:   [LightDM] contains unknown option greeter-session

This answer says that I need to uncomment [Seat:*], but it was never commented out in the first place.

rozniak commented on 2025-10-29 21:29 (UTC)

@SelfRef Long time no see! libxml2 added as a dependency (for parsing MIME info under /usr/share/mime)

rozniak commented on 2025-10-14 16:45 (UTC)

@UlyssesZhan I just tested this AUR and it seems to work fine for me. Are there logs under /var/log/lightdm ?

UlyssesZhan commented on 2025-10-12 00:10 (UTC)

The login greeter does not seem to work. I already have greeter-session = wintc-logonui in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.