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Xfce appreciation post (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by writerlygal@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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There is a place for graphically gorgeous distro’s, but when it comes to ease and speed, Xfce is just the best for me.

I started using Xfce when Xubuntu first came out and I switched to Linux Mint Xfce when that started. I did try other distro’s when others recommended them, but always switched back to Xfce.

I have an old Eeepc that runs so smoothly on the latest Mint Xfce despite being a senior in computer years.

And that’s why it was about time I gushed about Xfce on here 😀

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[–] cujo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a place for graphically gorgeous distro's

As a current KDE user but extensive user of XFCE in the past, it may not come "pretty" out-of-the-box but XFCE can be a very aesthetically pleasing desktop environment. It can be configured just about every which way, and if I had to switch back to XFCE right now I could have things just about how I want them and be 100% as happy with my desktop as I am with KDE.

It's got defaults that just make sense, doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or the way we interact with our desktops, it's light and fast and reliable. It's associated default programs (Thunar, etc.) follow the same design paradigms and are a delight to use.

I Iove XFCE, and it will always have a special place in my heart.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

“Simple” and “aesthetically pleasing” aren’t mutually exclusive!

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I like XFCE. It's the only DE that was just happy to run in my super weird setup without issues.

[–] AWizard_ATrueStar@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I adore XFCE, simple, functional, lightweight. What more do you need? I am currently running pop_os which defaults to Gnome and by comparison it just feels heavy and clunky. The other DE I had love for was enlightenment years ago. A purely keyboard driven DE. It was glorious.

[–] pensivepangolin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

As a poor person with low-end, old hardware, I love XFCE. It has extended my laptop’s practical use-life by at least 8 years now, and counting.

[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Every time I try another DE I always come back to XFCE. Lightweight, stays out of the way, gets the job done. NEVER crashes. Ever.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago