Xfce
Xfce (pronounced as four individual letters) is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris and BSD. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use.
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Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Customizable
- Privacy focused
Features
- Desktop Environment
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Modular System
- Support for Multiple Monitors
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Works Offline
- Dark Mode
- No Tracking
Xfce News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Xfce
Xfce 4.20 released with Wayland support, HiDPI fixes, and Thunar performance boostXfce has released version 4.20 of its lightweight desktop environment after nearly two years of dev...
- POX published news article about Xfce
Xfce 4.20 roadmap reveals preliminary support for Wayland while keeping X11 compatibilityThe Xfce development team has laid out the roadmap for Xfce 4.20, which should include preliminary ...
Recent activities
- kusarebaita reviewed Xfce
Used to be great, nowadays sadly the Rat got fat - it's a RAM hog, has bugs in power management (does not override the default xset screen blanking, rendering all its display management options useless) and the wallpaper setting dialog is horrendously slow if you point it at a folder with lots of pictures. Then there's imminent disaster that is GTK4 / libadwaita. When it gets implemented, it will spell an end to all customization... Xfce is one of the many things in Linux that are currently...
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What is Xfce?
Xfce (pronounced as four individual letters) is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris and BSD. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use. Among its main features are its customizable panels on which users can place various launchers or panel plugins. Xfce is also accompanied by a large collection of goodies, which consist of various applications and panel plugins designed mainly for Xfce.
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Comments and Reviews
XFCE is a lightweight desktop environment for Linux and BSD. It requires few system resources and therefore runs faster on older/slower computers than do some other desktop environments, such as KDE Plasma. It is not as light as LXDE. XFCE is moderately configurable, but is also a little older in its appearance than other GTK-based desktops, including Gnome and Budgie. However, it is mature, stable and well supported. It can be installed on any Linux distro in addition to whatever desktop is already available by default. However, XFCE is the default desktop environment of Xubuntu and Manjaro, amongst others.
I would recommend you use XFCE if you have an older computer struggling to run KDE Plasma, Budgie, Deepin or Gnome. However, XFCE's cousin, the MATE desktop environment has a similar layout and philosophy whilst being a little bit more configurable.
Used to be great, nowadays sadly the Rat got fat - it's a RAM hog, has bugs in power management (does not override the default xset screen blanking, rendering all its display management options useless) and the wallpaper setting dialog is horrendously slow if you point it at a folder with lots of pictures. Then there's imminent disaster that is GTK4 / libadwaita. When it gets implemented, it will spell an end to all customization... Xfce is one of the many things in Linux that are currently being meticulously ruined. [irony]Thanks devs![/irony]
It's a great alternative desktop environment for low-performance machines where modern GNOME or KDE desktop environments would be too slow. It allows extensive configuration of the environment.
Best choose for old pc
Been using it sporadically for the last 6 years. It is lightweight performs amazingly and when I started trying other Desktop Environments it was instant regret!!!
Lightweight, quite appealing, simple, intuitive, stable, and keep you focused on what you are doing.
Best desktop environment for Unix/Linux I know of.