Xfce 4.8.0 on Track for January Release

“Xfce, the little desktop that could, is steadily progressing
toward its January release with several developmental builds. Xfce
4.6.2 was released last May and since the project has been working
hard on its next release branch which will incorporate major
changes to the core as well as several new features. The latest
snapshot was recently released featuring a long list of
improvements.

“The biggest change for coders has been the migration from
ThunarVFS to GIO. GIO offers several advantages over ThunarVFS like
application sharing of the remote connection, direct user level
application accessibility, and less library bloat.”

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