This patch make Xfce use "gnome" as the default icon theme and enable font antialias. Taken from ArchLinux. diff -upr xfce4-settings-4.12.0.orig/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml xfce4-settings-4.12.0/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml --- xfce4-settings-4.12.0.orig/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml 2015-02-24 03:33:11.000000000 +0200 +++ xfce4-settings-4.12.0/xfsettingsd/xsettings.xml 2015-03-01 09:52:24.376869688 +0200 @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ - + @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@