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:Xfce, The Hidden Gem of Desktop Environments
Xfce, The Hidden Gem of Desktop Environments
May 1, 2008, 10 :30 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (7685 reads)

(Other stories by Kristin Shoemaker)

"In the beginning, we talked a bit about the holy war that wages onward between KDE and GNOME. Some of you aptly pointed out that there is a third desktop environment out there. It was never our intention to slight this desktop (we actually use it regularly). Like a mouse dodging to avoid the crashing footsteps of the desktop environment giants, Xfce is often included in discussions as an afterthought.

"So apologies if the fact our current discussion of Xfce supports the 'afterthought' theory. It wasn't our intention, and hey, we offer the consolation that if it really is an afterthought, and least it's going to be detailed..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"Some of you aptly pointed out that ther ...   Xfce   
MWC
May 1, 2008, 11:09:43
 
Last time I looked there was a more than ...   Re: Xfce   
GreyGeek
May 1, 2008, 12:14:00
 
I use XFCE myself. Recently I just switc ...   XFCE, my new desktop   
Jim
May 1, 2008, 14:38:01
 
While XFCE is indeed a fine and function ...   Speed advantage overrated   
Ian Rowan
May 1, 2008, 16:26:01
 
I don't know about relatively new ma ...   Re: Speed advantage overrated   
Bernard Swiss
May 1, 2008, 19:21:09
 
There was a comparison a while ago at Ph ...   More memory savings than speed   
jhansonxi
May 2, 2008, 01:32:12
 
> There was a comparison a while ago at  ...   Re: More memory savings than speed   
Kavey
May 2, 2008, 14:44:03
 
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