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Ever since I switched my desktop to Linux, I've been using Cinnamon. I've noticed XFCE, and occasionally used it briefly on some machine, but I've certainly not

Ever since I switched my desktop to Linux, I've been using Cinnamon. I've noticed XFCE, and occasionally used it briefly on some machine, but I've certainly not explored its capabilities (e.g. from the Chicago95 link I gather it can definitely be a "traditional desktop layout" style affair, perhaps with a different launcher. Can someone point out to me, as a Cinnamon user - who remembers the Windows 5 UI fondly -some aspects of XFCE I might find appealing?

Nursie 4y ago
It just acts like a well-polished traditional desktop that doesn't try force you to change the way you work. It's lightweight, theme-able, and you can put controls/widgets/shortcuts wherever you like on the panels. Whatever panels you want, wherever you want. I have mine set up to look quite a lot like the default gnome-2 setup from Solaris 20 years ago.bottom bar is a task bar, top bar has the whisker menu (like the start menu) in the top left corner, a bunch of shortcuts, a cpu activity monitor and then on the right the 'systray' style thing. You could set it up as one bar like win2k if you wanted. People do. Beyond that the experience is good, consistent, intuitive, and doesn't try to forcce you to work their way. Cinnamon is good too of course :)