Xfce ... WOW!!!

jimbok · 2011-05-19 17:06:37

Another Gnome 3 castway here. Xfce has come a long way since I last tried back in the my Debian etch/lenny days.

Choice is good!

MurdersLastCrow · 2011-05-20 01:15:42

I'm sure I've said it before, but Xfapplet. Xfapplet and you're good except for menu scrubbing, and if you really need it that badly you might as well stick to Debian stable and wait things out, or get one of the menu extensions in Gnome 3 and use a dock or something. It's pretty clear nothing's really going to change back to the way it was, so you have to acknowledge your options, and Xfce4 is the best for Gnome 2 adorees. I love it, even though I don't use it terribly often(I think I can handle a bit more variety than to be loyal to one DE).

musiKk · 2011-05-21 17:52:26

I am so turned off by Gnome 3. All those years I defended Gnome against accusing KDE fans (to no avail I might add). It's simple, it's uncluttered, it's good looking. Having used Gnome 2 almost exclusively of course it shaped the way I think, the way I work and what I expect from a DE. And now they do this. This is mean. Good bye Gnome. I'll keep you installed and I'm sure I'll peek in every couple of updates but my primary DE you are no more.

Had a quick look at KDE and was pleasantly surprised. But what bugs me about both KDE and Gnome is that they take ages to load (my notebook is not the newest). Had a quick look at some window managers but they just don't provide enough distance from X. I don't want to mess with xset and xkbmap.

So here goes to Xfce. I already found features I never knew I missed. I hope they don't do the same...

litemotiv · 2011-05-21 17:57:35

I've always liked XFCE, my DE of choice if i would use a DE.

Power to the rodent!

sknd · 2011-05-21 19:47:55

Hi, I tried xfce the day before yesterday and... it's my default DE now:) I'm an gnome2 orphan, I like nautilus very much, so I decided to use it instead of thunar. So far, xfce rocks! Pretty, fast, quite configurable... I had some problems, i.e with multitouch, hibernating, not loading xfwm4 (still doesn't start sometimes) but... we Arch users like problem solving:)

mrmylanman · 2011-06-02 00:16:54

I'll agree, I'm one of the nutjobs that is using Gnome-Shell at home (my home PC can handle it) but at work my desktop cannot, so I use XFCE on Debian, and I'm pretty impressed with it. Not so much with Debian, but XFCE is really full-featured for being so light

bubblewrap456 · 2011-06-11 02:33:48

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alexj · 2011-06-14 00:13:42

bubblewrap456 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbDVH5IUdoY
Wow, lightweight and featureful

It's great!!
Installing.

EDIT: LOVE IT!

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hitest · 2011-06-16 14:54:42

I also love XFce, it is first rate.
One of the odd things I've noticed is that the Trash icon is missing on the XFce 4.8 desktop. Is there a fix or how to for this minor annoyance? I've done a google search, but, no luck yet.

txus · 2011-06-16 16:17:23

hitest wrote:

I also love XFce, it is first rate.
One of the odd things I've noticed is that the Trash icon is missing on the XFce 4.8 desktop. Is there a fix or how to for this minor annoyance? I've done a google search, but, no luck yet.

Did you install gvfs?

hitest · 2011-06-16 17:57:49

txus wrote:

hitest wrote:
I also love XFce, it is first rate.
One of the odd things I've noticed is that the Trash icon is missing on the XFce 4.8 desktop. Is there a fix or how to for this minor annoyance? I've done a google search, but, no luck yet.
Did you install gvfs?

I'm not sure, I will check when I get home from work. Is that a needed dependency for the Trash icon to be present? Thanks for the reply:)

disastrophe · 2011-06-16 18:09:44

hitest wrote:

txus wrote:
hitest wrote:
I also love XFce, it is first rate.
One of the odd things I've noticed is that the Trash icon is missing on the XFce 4.8 desktop. Is there a fix or how to for this minor annoyance? I've done a google search, but, no luck yet.
Did you install gvfs?
I'm not sure, I will check when I get home from work. Is that a needed dependency for the Trash icon to be present? Thanks for the reply:)

yep, thunar-volman is a good idea too.

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hitest · 2011-06-16 20:08:06

disastrophe wrote:

hitest wrote:
txus wrote:
Did you install gvfs?
I'm not sure, I will check when I get home from work. Is that a needed dependency for the Trash icon to be present? Thanks for the reply:)
yep, thunar-volman is a good idea too.

Thank you very much! I appreciate your help:)

hitest · 2011-06-16 22:47:29

Thanks for your help txus and disastrophe. I now have a trash icon:)

txus · 2011-06-17 08:16:16

No problem, you're welcome

And on topic again: Yeah, XFCE is awesome! Has been my DE of choice for a few years now (4.4 times). Simple, lightweight, does what you tell it to do, no more, no less. Perfect (YMMV)!

hitest · 2011-06-17 12:58:43

disastrophe wrote:

I like xfce too, the desktop itself is a nice balance and 4.8.x is a very good version. It also makes an excellent haven for disaffected gnome2 users.

Agreed. I really appreciate the balance of speed and functionality that XFce 4.8 has, it is truly an outstanding desktop. I happily use XFce on Arch, Slackware, and FreeBSD.

ancient_archer · 2011-06-21 23:54:03

I was also suprised when I tried Xfce after several years... It looks very good and it is a very nice DE (both in terms of functionality and appearance).

Although I do prefer Gnome normally, I use Xfce in the older computer where it is much faster than Gnome.

GI Jack · 2011-07-06 01:57:49

my live CD uses XFCE4, and while I like gnome on my desktop (with englightenment), XFCE4 provides the extra speed, especially on low end systems I want on my live CD.

Timed, the combination of 686 only, ext4 with no journal, and XFCE4 I get a usable desktop in 27 seconds from hitting the power button on an intel atom based net book.

Iranon · 2011-07-06 07:35:57

I always thought it a little amusing that 'Gnome vs KDE' is such a recurring flamefest when XFCE is a sober and practical alternative, without the interface nazism or feature sluttery.

Don't get me wrong, I love that the big 2 are trying all sorts of innovations along ther design philosophies, and for my own use I currently prefer a simple window manager over a full DE (give me idiot-readable config files, complex interfaces just distract and confuse me). But XFCE seems the sanest default choice that provides all familiar functionality, doesn't get in the way and doesn't gobble up all available resources.

chemicalfan · 2011-07-06 09:14:31

GI Jack wrote:

my live CD uses XFCE4, and while I like gnome on my desktop (with englightenment), XFCE4 provides the extra speed, especially on low end systems I want on my live CD.
Timed, the combination of 686 only, ext4 with no journal, and XFCE4 I get a usable desktop in 27 seconds from hitting the power button on an intel atom based net book.

Why would you use ext4 without a journal?
If you didn't want a journal, why not use ext2?

archlinux2011 · 2011-08-01 17:33:28

i tried xfce 4.8 for awhile on a virtualbox install and with xubuntu and i didnt like the menu and the editing seemed weird. i now use lxde and am happy. would have liked to keep gnome but noway will i let the travesty that is gnome3 touch any of my systems. kde is just unnessesary for my needs and lxde is super lightweight which is a plus.

NoxSec · 2011-08-02 15:47:31

I have been switching from gnome 3, xmonad, and xfce, I don't know I think xfce is a little bland to be honest. Sure it is fast, stable, and lightweight which are all really important, but nothing has really wowed me yet.

ambientzoo · 2011-08-02 22:53:05

I moved from Openbox to XFCE because I wanted a bit more on the desktop without compromising efficiency. Works for me!

GSF1200S · 2011-08-03 07:57:26

ambientzoo wrote:

I moved from Openbox to XFCE because I wanted a bit more on the desktop without compromising efficiency. Works for me!

I moved from XFCE to Openbox because of Pytyle Being able to switch between a very capable floating option and a very capable tiling option is addicting, especially on a per workspace basis..

That said, I love XFCE as a desktop environment. Even now I use quite a few XFCE applications- the whole environment around XFCE is the perfect blend of simplicity, features, and stability. XFCE 4.8 IMO is better than KDE 3.5 and better than Gnome 2; kudos to the devs..

Fackamato · 2011-08-03 11:08:55

I agree about XFCE. It put Lubuntu on my work laptop and I like it a lot. gmusicbrowser is awesome as well. The only thing I'm missing is the possibility to mount network stuff in the file manager, like in Nautilus you can open a network share, or just browse the network.

Does any other file manager have this capability except Nautilus and Konqueror? (or am I doing it the wrong way?)

edit: Oops, Lubuntu uses LXDE. Oh well, LXDE is awesome then. Haven't used XFCE 4.8 yet!

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