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My problem with xfce and most other Linux desktops is that they look like a Windows desktop from the early 2000s. It's an aesthetic that I don't personally enjo

My problem with xfce and most other Linux desktops is that they look like a Windows desktop from the early 2000s. It's an aesthetic that I don't personally enjoy; I'm much more of a shiny/fancy user, which is why I like Aero, or to a lesser extent, Mac OS X. I suppose that's part of why I don't bother with GUIs on *nix systems.

Nursie 13y ago
Look at Xubuntu. It looks nothing like older windows. You can apply themes to xfce that make it look just as modern as anything else. Debian tend not to go in for applying sparkle to their default installs, so try not to judge based on their defaults.
- scott_karana 13y ago
  Since we're talking about DEs, and not distributions, could you let us know what theme Xubuntu uses? I don't think many of us have the commitment to install another distro just to try out an xfce skin... :(
  - Nursie 13y ago
    LOL, sure, should have mentioned rather than just asserting and running away... IIRC Xubuntu (or at least the last Xubuntu install I used) has 'greybird' as its default theme. On debian you'll want to install the "murrine-themes" package to get this and a whole load of others. To change Xfce themes completely it seems you need to go into settings->Appearance and settings->Window Manager, which is a bit clunky. I'm not going to say it's the most awesome thing in the world EVAR, but after years of Gnome 2 and 'clearlooks', it's refreshing.
    - scott_karana 13y ago
      Thanks!
collyw 13y ago
Xfce behaves like I want it to. Cinnamon looked nice on Mint but had a habit of hogging all the CPU for no reason at times. Unity was a mess and made me ditch Ubuntu. Xfce behaves the way I expect my desktop to, and the way I am used to. I prefer that over shiny.
Brakenshire 13y ago
> My problem with xfce and most other Linux desktops is that they look like a Windows desktop from the early 2000s. It's an aesthetic that I don't personally enjoy; I'm much more of a shiny/fancy user, which is why I like Aero, or to a lesser extent, Mac OS X. Sounds like you might enjoy Elementary OS, or at least that's probably the closest that Linux gets to what you're describing.
jeorgun 13y ago
GNOME and KDE are both pretty firmly in shiny/fancy territory, at least compared with xfce and the like.
lmm 13y ago
KDE looks pretty flash.

Nursie 13y ago

Look at Xubuntu. It looks nothing like older windows. You can apply themes to xfce that make it look just as modern as anything else. Debian tend not to go in for applying sparkle to their default installs, so try not to judge based on their defaults.

scott_karana 13y ago
Since we're talking about DEs, and not distributions, could you let us know what theme Xubuntu uses? I don't think many of us have the commitment to install another distro just to try out an xfce skin... :(
- Nursie 13y ago
  LOL, sure, should have mentioned rather than just asserting and running away... IIRC Xubuntu (or at least the last Xubuntu install I used) has 'greybird' as its default theme. On debian you'll want to install the "murrine-themes" package to get this and a whole load of others. To change Xfce themes completely it seems you need to go into settings->Appearance and settings->Window Manager, which is a bit clunky. I'm not going to say it's the most awesome thing in the world EVAR, but after years of Gnome 2 and 'clearlooks', it's refreshing.
  - scott_karana 13y ago
    Thanks!

collyw 13y ago

Xfce behaves like I want it to. Cinnamon looked nice on Mint but had a habit of hogging all the CPU for no reason at times. Unity was a mess and made me ditch Ubuntu. Xfce behaves the way I expect my desktop to, and the way I am used to. I prefer that over shiny.

Brakenshire 13y ago

> My problem with xfce and most other Linux desktops is that they look like a Windows desktop from the early 2000s. It's an aesthetic that I don't personally enjoy; I'm much more of a shiny/fancy user, which is why I like Aero, or to a lesser extent, Mac OS X. Sounds like you might enjoy Elementary OS, or at least that's probably the closest that Linux gets to what you're describing.

jeorgun 13y ago

GNOME and KDE are both pretty firmly in shiny/fancy territory, at least compared with xfce and the like.

lmm 13y ago

KDE looks pretty flash.