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 😀
XFCE is the distro for getting stuff done. I run it even on new PCs. I know that whatever device I’m using, because of XFCE, my desktop is gonna be blindingly fast. I try to switch to other desktops sometimes but I always go back to XFCE because the speed and reliability are off the charts. Windows wishes it could be this (it kind of was, in the XP or 7 era).
Windows was never as zippy and stable as XFCE. And I hate to be a know-it-all, but XFCE is a Desktop Environment, not a Distro.
Using gnome now, but have always enjoyed Xfce. Was going to use it for my current setup, but at the time it didn’t support Wayland. It looks like it’s getting close, but not quite there yet.
Maybe once Wayland is fully supported I’ll give it a shot again.
Xfce is such a great interface.
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.
I come from Motif, mwm, so for me Xfce is the best. I’m using it with MX Linux, superb distro too.
All XFCE needs is better defaults in terms of aesthetics.
my first foray with linux was Xubuntu. transferred to MX Linux since but stayed with xfce. looking into having a go with xfce Debian. so satisfied with this DE, am not even tempted to try others.
Eeepc… Dude, I miss the days of 300$ netbooks 😞 would still have my Dell Mini 9, but it got stolen.
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.
If you ever run a “mostly server”, where you are mostly in the command line but sometimes want to pop into a GUI for whatever reason, XFCE. I have a computer from 2000 with Ubuntu server plus XFCE after the fact, and it runs great. Still.
I like XFCE. It’s the only DE that was just happy to run in my super weird setup without issues.
Woah. Interesting setup. Looks like a PinePhone with 3D-printed case. But what about the keyboard? and the original Android status bar?
This is probably Xfce running in Termux on a normal Android phone
That is amazing. Great job!
XFCE is something else. I used as my desktop for years but at some point I changed to Mate.
What always got me fuming was not having the double pane feature in Thunar I could get in Caja.
I came across xfce very recently looking for something that ran well on a 10-year-old laptop. I started with ubuntu but you could feel the weight of it - tried mint, pop os, eventually found my way to Debian with xfce, which runs great.
It does have some issues. Like when using multiple workspaces and you get a popup on a different one it will move that whole application over to your current workspace. That is just extremely annoying for my usecases. KDE plasma does not do that, I think it might be a GDK thing?
You can change that behavior in the settings.
XFCE is seriously underrated.
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.
You’ve never had a panel suddenly crash and disappear?
Nope
I did, maybe 2 debian releases ago, though.
I have!!
…on KDE
