4 ms·
Xfce is still my primary work environment, mostly because it generally works in the way I expect after years of Unix desktop usage. I certainly hope this latest
by kylemaxwell 14y ago
Xfce is still my primary work environment, mostly because it generally works in the way I expect after years of Unix desktop usage. I certainly hope this latest version fixes some of the remaining polish type issues that would make me consider GNOME 3 or even the new Unity in Ubuntu 12.04.
- jmspring 14y agoLikewise, for my linux systems. My only gripe is that XFCE has gotten much more heavy weight than when I first started working with it. Right now, I am mostly on OSX and for some things, Win7. However, when I get back to Linux, I might try and find a lighter weight GUI.
- gcr 14y agoYou could try a tiling window manager like wmii. It certainly is different from windows, but I've found that this alone really helped my productivity, especially on older hardware.
- yaix 14y agoHad the same issue on my work netbook, it was getting slower. Then I "cleaned up" Xfce, removed a huge desktop background image, switched to a lighter window decoration and button theme, and that helped a lot. Not Xfce it is fast again. Just saying, sometimes its not the software but the layout/theme that fills up the memory (at least on my small 1GB netbook).
- yaix 14y agoSame here, it has a few bugs and sometimes X will hang and require a restart, that is really annoying. But for the most part it is fast and reduced to an 20px pannel at the bottom of the screen.