2016 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice AwardsThis forum is for the 2016 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards.
You can now vote for your favorite projects/products of 2016. This is your chance to be heard! Voting ends on February 7th.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
View Poll Results: Desktop Environment of the Year
Xfce: as one of the developers once said, it just does the job without being in your face or under your feet. I could live with Mate, but I do wish they hadn't abandoned plain-text configuration files.
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
Posts: 7,680
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidMcCann
Xfce: as one of the developers once said, it just does the job without being in your face or under your feet. I could live with Mate, but I do wish they hadn't abandoned plain-text configuration files.
I've never understood what people think can be done with other DEs wich can't with XFCE -- to my mind it's just the simplest way to provide all the options available in a DE.
I've never understood what people think can be done with other DEs wich can't with XFCE -- to my mind it's just the simplest way to provide all the options available in a DE.
Eye candy. That's all.
I'm happy with just plain OpenBox. I'd consider OB with XFCE if my traveling netbook was more than 64G soldered on board.
I voted for Xfce. I love the level of customization, as well as all that can be done with panels. Don't get me going on the panel apps. However, I've been using Enlightenment for the past week (something I couldn't imagine after my first experiences with it ten years ago, but that was a different Enlightenment) and it may well rival Xfce for my favorite desktop environment.
I've tried a few of these but it is still KDE that does things the way I like. I have Lubuntu's LXDE on an old laptop and for a simplified desktop it impresses.
I like Enlightenment, TDE, and XFCE, not necessarily in that order.
My favorite distro is MX16 which uses a modified XFCE.
And then there's Elive 2.7.8 beta, Manjaro Community E20, and Kali E17.
And finally TDE-Ubuntu, and PCLinuxOS Trinity Big Daddy (and the minimalist Q4OS)
Decisions decisions...
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.
