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Setting Up The Orange Pi Zero With XFCE Desktop

This document provides instructions for setting up an XFCE desktop environment on the Orange Pi Zero, including installing useful tools, configuring VNC remote access, adding swap space, setting up WiFi, and enabling SSH keepalive. Key steps include installing XFCE and related packages, tightvncserver for remote access, Firefox, and configuring swap space and WiFi connectivity through nmtui.

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Setting Up The Orange Pi Zero With XFCE Desktop

This document provides instructions for setting up an XFCE desktop environment on the Orange Pi Zero, including installing useful tools, configuring VNC remote access, adding swap space, setting up WiFi, and enabling SSH keepalive. Key steps include installing XFCE and related packages, tightvncserver for remote access, Firefox, and configuring swap space and WiFi connectivity through nmtui.

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Setting up the Orange Pi Zero with XFCE Desktop

Check witch packets are already installed


dpkg-query -l
or
apt list --installed
or
dpkg --get-selections
or
dpkg l

Show all available packets


apt-cache search .
or with search
apt-cache search vnc

Handy tools to install on Orange Pi Zero


apt-get install screen
apt-get install locate

Setup XFCE GUI on the Orange Pi Zero


apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
Install missing fonts for the vncserver
apt-get install xfonts-base
Install the missing Icons for the Desktop
apt-get install gnome-icon-theme tango-icon-theme
Install a VNC server to get remote access
apt-get install tightvncserver
apt-get install firefox-esr

Add swap space


fallocate -l 1G /swapfile
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
add following line to /etc/fstab
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
Set it up to aggressively swap
sysctl vm.swappiness=80

Enable and setup the WiFi with the command prompt


use commandline program 'nmtui'

To add keepalive to your SSH sessions:


Add the following line to /etc/ssh/ssh_config file:

ServerAliveInterval 60

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