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Awesome. Been using XFCE for ages. It hits just the right spot of modern features and usability without trying to re-invent the desktop paradigm for the Nth tim

Awesome. Been using XFCE for ages. It hits just the right spot of modern features and usability without trying to re-invent the desktop paradigm for the Nth time. If you just want "Win98, but in 2022," you've found your desktop environment. WRT this update, the Thunar updates look fantastic. The File Highlight feature looks especially cool. I can imagine using that to highlight really frequently used folders in my home dir ("projects" folder etc) to make them stand out in the file browser. Customizing the toolbar buttons is a welcome feature. I'm also glad to see improvements on the default application feature, which I found difficult to use before.

theandrewbailey 4y ago
> If you just want "Win98, but in 2022," you've found your desktop environment. If you want Windows 95 in 2022: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
- gsich 4y ago
  It's actually pretty good. Sometimes the inconsistencies shine through.
- cf100clunk 4y ago
  While we're at it, you can customize XFCE to look like macOS Big Sur: https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=oQ8RWtD3MTQ https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=oQ8RWtD3MTQ EDIT: there is an updated version of this procedure: https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=uvvoJU69uNo https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=uvvoJU69uNo
  - rcarmo 4y ago
    I prefer Mac OS 9 Platinum: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/12/2330 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/12/2330 :)
    - famicom0 4y ago
      Woah, that brings me back. There used to be a Linux Mint theme that was a facsimile of Mac OS Classic, I've since lost track of what it was called and digging through the themes repository yields no results.
- gattilorenz 4y ago
  > If you want Windows 95 in 2022 Indeed the metaphor is apt: font/positioning problems that still can plague Linux in 2022, but didn’t appear as much in Windows in 1995 :^)
- Koshkin 4y ago
  Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FVWM95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FVWM95
  - hulitu 4y ago
    As someone said a long time ago: "This is so desgusting". I prefer fvwm with the mwm look.
dmm 4y ago
As an enthusiastic XFCE user, do you mind answering a question? How do you usually launch applications? I can appreciate the discoverability provided by a nested start menu but I've grown very fond of text launchers with autocomplete provided by gnome, mac os, dmenu, etc.
- branon 4y ago
  Not the parent but I have the Xfce AppFinder bound to the Super (Windows) key. I think I'm somewhat misusing it, but it's fast enough that I can strike Super and then immediately start typing the name of what I want. Dropped keys are rare, but it's not quite as fast as something like dmenu.
- pachico 4y ago
  I'm also an old hardcore user of xfce (xubuntu) but I can't live without https://ulauncher.io/ https://ulauncher.io/ or similar projects.
- coldpie 4y ago
  For super common stuff, I have icons in my panel for them and I use the mouse. I open Terminal so often that I gave it its own global keyboard shortcut. For less often used things, I use the xfce program launcher, which I think is what you're looking for. I have it mapped to some keyboard shortcut (the muscle memory is so automatic I don't even remember what the shortcut is and I'm not at my PC at the moment). It automatically focuses the text entry box, so no need for the mouse at all. Here's a screenshot from the linked article: https://alexxcons.github.io/images/blogpost_8/appfinder.png https://alexxcons.github.io/images/blogpost_8/appfinder.png
- ufo 4y ago
  Here's what I did back when I used XFCE a couple of years ago: The xfce whiskermenu plugin includes a text search feature that looks similar to the one from Windows. On Xubuntu the whiskermenu is the default "start menu" while in some other distros you may need to add it in the panel settings. Finally, in the keyboard shortcuts bind Super to the xfce4-popup-whiskermenu command, to bring up whisker menu for a text search.
capableweb 4y ago
> WRT this update, the Thunar updates look fantastic Nice! I'm a Thunar user (but not XFCE in general) and missed that updates to Thunar was included until I saw your comment. As someone who deals a lot with images, the preview is a very welcome change! Really happy with Thunar.

theandrewbailey 4y ago

> If you just want "Win98, but in 2022," you've found your desktop environment. If you want Windows 95 in 2022: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

gsich 4y ago
It's actually pretty good. Sometimes the inconsistencies shine through.
cf100clunk 4y ago
While we're at it, you can customize XFCE to look like macOS Big Sur: https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=oQ8RWtD3MTQ https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=oQ8RWtD3MTQ EDIT: there is an updated version of this procedure: https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=uvvoJU69uNo https://invidious.baczek.me/watch?v=uvvoJU69uNo
- rcarmo 4y ago
  I prefer Mac OS 9 Platinum: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/12/2330 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2022/04/12/2330 :)
  - famicom0 4y ago
    Woah, that brings me back. There used to be a Linux Mint theme that was a facsimile of Mac OS Classic, I've since lost track of what it was called and digging through the themes repository yields no results.
gattilorenz 4y ago
> If you want Windows 95 in 2022 Indeed the metaphor is apt: font/positioning problems that still can plague Linux in 2022, but didn’t appear as much in Windows in 1995 :^)
Koshkin 4y ago
Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FVWM95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FVWM95
- hulitu 4y ago
  As someone said a long time ago: "This is so desgusting". I prefer fvwm with the mwm look.

dmm 4y ago

As an enthusiastic XFCE user, do you mind answering a question? How do you usually launch applications? I can appreciate the discoverability provided by a nested start menu but I've grown very fond of text launchers with autocomplete provided by gnome, mac os, dmenu, etc.

branon 4y ago
Not the parent but I have the Xfce AppFinder bound to the Super (Windows) key. I think I'm somewhat misusing it, but it's fast enough that I can strike Super and then immediately start typing the name of what I want. Dropped keys are rare, but it's not quite as fast as something like dmenu.
pachico 4y ago
I'm also an old hardcore user of xfce (xubuntu) but I can't live without https://ulauncher.io/ https://ulauncher.io/ or similar projects.
coldpie 4y ago
For super common stuff, I have icons in my panel for them and I use the mouse. I open Terminal so often that I gave it its own global keyboard shortcut. For less often used things, I use the xfce program launcher, which I think is what you're looking for. I have it mapped to some keyboard shortcut (the muscle memory is so automatic I don't even remember what the shortcut is and I'm not at my PC at the moment). It automatically focuses the text entry box, so no need for the mouse at all. Here's a screenshot from the linked article: https://alexxcons.github.io/images/blogpost_8/appfinder.png https://alexxcons.github.io/images/blogpost_8/appfinder.png
ufo 4y ago
Here's what I did back when I used XFCE a couple of years ago: The xfce whiskermenu plugin includes a text search feature that looks similar to the one from Windows. On Xubuntu the whiskermenu is the default "start menu" while in some other distros you may need to add it in the panel settings. Finally, in the keyboard shortcuts bind Super to the xfce4-popup-whiskermenu command, to bring up whisker menu for a text search.

capableweb 4y ago

> WRT this update, the Thunar updates look fantastic Nice! I'm a Thunar user (but not XFCE in general) and missed that updates to Thunar was included until I saw your comment. As someone who deals a lot with images, the preview is a very welcome change! Really happy with Thunar.