LXer: Forget GNOME and KDE, Xfce 4.8 Runs Simpler and Faster

LXer · 01-24-2011, 01:50 PM

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A few times each month, I tire of the complexities of GNOME and KDE. Then I turn to a simpler, faster desktop for a couple of days or a week -- and that desktop, more often than not, is Xfce. No other desktop I’m aware of balances convenience and speed half so well.

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Kenny_Strawn · 01-24-2011, 05:25 PM

Now here's the ultimate question: When will they release Xfce 5.0 complete with a new shell interface that rivals Plasma, Unity, and GNOME Shell? And when will Xfce use GTK3 as its default toolkit? When these things happen, I will be the first to use Xfce, but not until then.

TobiSGD · 01-24-2011, 05:36 PM

You don't get the point. There are people that don't want to have a desktop like Gnome Shell, Unity or Plasma. Exactly that is why I am using XFCE, it is lightweight and fast, not something bloated as Gnome or KDE. And I don't like the look of them, I prefer the classical desktop design, without widgets and stuff.
That also is exactly the opinion of the author of this article. I am glad that we are not lemmings, we have not to blindly follow something that a different person considers the latest and greatest.

dugan · 01-25-2011, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenny_Strawn

I will be the first to use Xfce.

I'm afraid you're too late for that, Kenny.