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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

This is so exciting! Go little mouse, you can do it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Omg omg omg!! I want my Wayland xfce 🙏 come on...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I am so curious to know the improvements in the new version and see Wayland at work in xfce

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Other than memory size, why do people prefer xfce these days? I use it in https://nowsci.com/webbian/ to keep image size down, but use Gnome on my machines.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

It is absolutely rock solid, you can adapt it to your workflow, whichever it is, change the window manager, have all the panels you want and go back to the default configuration immediately. It is an amazing desktop environment, extremely and easily customizable, because it is modular, and, in the end, it simply works. The default look is misleading.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Gnome is very different than xfce and has a different workflow. I find the workflow of xfce very nice and like the modularity of it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I like the aesthetic and theming support

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Xfce allowed me to replace the default window manager by Bspwm. Also the panels are fully configurable. This is a totally different philosophy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes! I need something positive to end this year on, and I'd be overjoyed if that was the new XFCE release!

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

4.20

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