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XFCE didn't look like today's XFCE 20years ago. It looked more like CDE which it was trying to replicate back then. So I think your memory is a bit broken. I w

XFCE didn't look like today's XFCE 20years ago. It looked more like CDE which it was trying to replicate back then. So I think your memory is a bit broken. I would argue that the gnome2 and mate arrangement with top and bottom panels made sense when screens were in 4:3 form factor but is kind of stupid in 16:9 and 16:10 modern screens as it waste a lot of vertical screen estate. On my Fedora laptop I still have a "Gnome Classic" option at login but I don't know what it does. Last but not least, extensions allows a lot of flexibility. Sometimes they do get broken upon new release and it takes the maintainer months to update (especially if they are debian users) so key is not running a distro that ship the latest Gnome version. For example on Fedora there are always 2 stable versions maintained at the same time, new one and old one, currently 37 and 38. 37 will be retired and out of support when 39 will be released and you can expect at that time that most extensions have been updated to Gnome 44 and you can switch to 38 easily without hiccups.

Nursie 3y ago
It’s not my claim that Xfce was around 20 years ago, but that it lets me continue to use my desktop the same sort of way I have for the last 20 years. As someone with two 32inch 4k screens, having a top and bottom bar with a height of my choosing on one of the screens is barely noticeable. But each to their own, this is my preference and that’s kinda my point, people have preferences! It sounds like things are still unstable a decade or so on :/
- prmoustache 3y ago
  > It sounds like things are still unstable a decade or so on :/ They are not. Extensions aren't part of the main DE. The main DE is solid. And most people live happily without extensions.
  - ilyt 3y ago
    Other people experiences are really irrelevant here. People use windows after all

Nursie 3y ago

It’s not my claim that Xfce was around 20 years ago, but that it lets me continue to use my desktop the same sort of way I have for the last 20 years. As someone with two 32inch 4k screens, having a top and bottom bar with a height of my choosing on one of the screens is barely noticeable. But each to their own, this is my preference and that’s kinda my point, people have preferences! It sounds like things are still unstable a decade or so on :/

prmoustache 3y ago
> It sounds like things are still unstable a decade or so on :/ They are not. Extensions aren't part of the main DE. The main DE is solid. And most people live happily without extensions.
- ilyt 3y ago
  Other people experiences are really irrelevant here. People use windows after all