Tag archives for XFCE - Page 2
Is there any future for the GTK-based Desktop Environments?
After many explorations, hesitations and tribulations; and after having thought that an Arch derivative with KDE is the way; and after having later considered that more desktop stability would be…
A Community Experiment in Two Linux Distros
Master of Disaster or not, I have a history of making Open-Source developers, fans, or just users call me names on forums, on social networks, or elsewhere. I know that…
Quick Experiment in “Improving” Linux Lite
Even at its iteration 5.4, Linux Lite is based on Ubuntu 20·04 LTS, and therefore, just like Mint, only has XFCE 4·14. It's stupid to wait until after April 2025…
A Glimpse from the Past
It was early 2008, and XFCE was at version 4.4.2. Distros such as Zenwalk, Vector, Wolvix, GoblinX, KateOS, SAM Linux, and Mandriva, were still with us. I just rediscovered an…
The Long Road to Linux-Only (Not Excluding a Bit of WINE)
Remember the undetected headphones issue I had with many Linux distros? I was wrong to be so stubborn as to try to fix it in the current and future distros--and…
KDE and Debian aren’t exactly my cup of tea; or should they?
I'm disillusioned although not dispassionate about everything that's software; but when one sees the catastrophic crap that is Win10, whatever might be wrong in Linuxland becomes almost acceptable. Why are…
Linux Intermezzo: Buggy Indeed, But Win10 Is Worse
Some time ago I said to myself that I should definitely switch to Linux. Returning from Win7 to Win10 in the times of a pathetic 2004 (but which Windows update…