This is the all time dumbest feature i have ever seen in a file/desktop manager, instead of deleting files, picking delete from a right click menu merely moves them to ~/.local/share/Trash/files

I have tried linking ~/.local/share/Trash/files to /dev/null, but then when i try to delete a file xfce complains that it isnt a directory.

i suppose i could create a cron job, but there just has to be a way to turn this off. if i wanted to keep my trash, i'd still be using windows. i cant imagine that the developers are stupid enough to make this unchangeable.

http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#file_manager
Feel free to either add this to feature to XFCE (or rather Thunar) or change the DE, if it is too stupid for you.

Actually its just easier to go back to fluxbox. Its jsut idiotic not to give this kind of option to the user.

I have to agree on this one but use, and will continue to use, XFCE despite it.
Luckily for me I'm used to <Shift>+<Delete> from Windows so I've continued the habit.

Here is a sendto link that will appear in the thunar sendto menu. Place a file with this content
In your /usr/share/Thunar/sendto dir and save it as thunar-oblivion.desktop. I have tested it a couple of times and it works. But be careful, i assume no responsibility for either use or misuse of this info. Anything you delete with this script will be GONE FOREVER. Adjust icon setting to your liking.

Dolphin and Konqueror have an option to not use Trash, a setting not unlike Windows not using recyclebin.

from a terminal you can do:
just make sure you use the correct Path or you will end up removing something you didn't want to remove.

Thanks I'll take a look.

The better way would be to give the developers feedback about what their users want, instead of calling them stupid or idiotic and simply leaving. They also gave a solution as simple as yours to the problem. So the user has this option, just not as a checkbox in the settings dialog.
So I don't understand where actually the problem is.

Ok maybe stupid was the wrong word and in the interest of shortening the thread i wont elaborate. Im curious, what workaround did they recommend? From the posts i have read on the xfce forum, i get the impression that the topic has been somewhat heavily debated and that the developers like it the way it is and the subject is not up for discussion.

The reason I read this thread was:When I read the thread I thought:Then I read that, apparently, this has been mentioned before:Personally, I thank the developers for XFCE and am glad I can go on using it. I do find it an odd decision though.

Have you actually read the site I linked?