Xfce Reviews

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Xfce mentions (19)

• distro hopping

  Pick up your Desktop Environment based on your computer's specs, NOT on your visual preferences. (HINT: XFCE consumes way less system resources than GNOME and KDE). Source: 7 months ago

• Lightweight dev tools.

  It’s a bit of an interesting challenge and has forced me to re-examine some of my tool usage. I started by a minimal install of Debian “bookworm” with the XFCE Desktop Environment which chews through much fewer resources than the default GNOME 43 based environment (although more than LXDE - but there still has to be room for aesthetics). - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• I Still Use Windows 95 (archived, 2008)

  Luckily you can get an efficient, clean Desktop Environment that works well and is actively developed: Xfce ( https://xfce.org/ ) I think you will like it. It has a very early-2000's feel IMO. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• best lightweight linux distro for old laptop and gaming

  Well, it depends. It was better experience than FreeBSD 7.2 that's for sure. :) It was running Xorg with https://i3wm.org, a web-server, XMPP-server, PostgreSQL, few bots and dovecot / postfix (e-mail server). It was doing fine routing internet for 2PCs and a WiFi router for 10 years until its HDD died. For gaming... erm... I was able to play something like Theme Hospital or Syndicate Wars in dosbox. You have to... Source: about 1 year ago

• Only one of the four XFCE4's desktop/workspace got hung and now I can't use wallpaper

  Another resource for help might be xfce.org. It's a low traffic site, but responsive. Source: about 1 year ago

Cinnamon Desktop mentions (5)

• Fedora Atomic Desktops

  A Fedora distro with a different desktop (or sometimes a specialized purpose): https://fedoraproject.org/spins/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Want to learn how to daily drive a linux distro as a humanities student

  Fedora, in my eyes, seems to fit what you want to do; it has boatloads of documentation, it "just works" if you want it to with an easy installer. You can also use the DNF package manager to get a lot of programs. And if you dislike how it looks by default, there are many spins. Source: 6 months ago

• What do I need to install on fedora to get it functionally close to Nobara?

  You can pick the default Fedora with GNOME Desktop or one of the alternative desktops (Fedora Spin for KDE, Cinnamon, LXDE, XFCE, etc). Source: 7 months ago

• 13" laptops which don't require [fractional] scaling

  All of that sounds like a GNOME-specific problem. Please download a Fedora 38 LiveCD with Cinnamon and test everything there. Source: almost 1 year ago

• Advice on Distro / DE

  To piggyback, if you're not a fan of the point-to-point release cycle of Mint, you can check out other distros, such as Fedora, which offer a Cinnamon flavor or spin. Source: about 1 year ago