xfce

[Matt Mets]

Hi Josh,

I have been using XFCE as my desktop/WM for the past 1.5 years, and
have been very satisfied with it.  I did dump the included file
manager (XFFM) in favor of Rox, and had to resort to some external
programs to get features that I was looking for (media keys support,
setting numlock on boot).  I think its an excellent window manager
that is pretty lightweight (it works well on my P3 800 laptop as well
as my beefier desktop), but still looks nice and is pretty fast.  I
run Gentoo so I cant comment on other installation methods, but there
is a very nice graphical installer available from xfce.org if your
distro doesn't provide an up-to-date package.

-Matt

On 9/15/05, Dennis Kibbe <dennisk at linuxquestions.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> --- Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:30:22 -0700 (PDT)
> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: xfce
> 
> 'tag
> 
> Anyone using xfce? what do you think of it?
> 
> I've seen some nice screenshots using xfce and been
> thinking about trying it out on FC4.
> 
> Is it pretty easy to switch desktops? on FC4?
> How about installing xfce from fedora-extrans repo?
> 
> -j
> 
> XFCE is a nice lightweight, friendly desktop.  It supports KDE and Gnome apps if the libs are installed.  Better on a small (12") screen than WindowMaker.
> 
> It's easy to switch from one desktop to the next using the mouse wheel and you can drag 'n' drop apps between desktops using the panel.
> 
> The reminder calendar on startup is a nice touch.
> 
> Give XFCE a try!
> 
> Dennisk
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