• juliebean@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    wait, are you saying the lightweight DE crowd hates Xfce? what do they like then?

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      10 days ago

      Yeah, it’s a “middleweight” DE.

      LXDE, LXQT, Openbox, i3, Sway, FVWM. That sort of thing.

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        7 days ago

        I wouldn’t say they “hate” it though. XFCE-components used to be common additions to really lightweight desktops (IDK if they still are, haven’t looked into it in a while), because they can actually be used on their own (unlike most KDE stuff) while still being somewhat lightweight compared to Gnome stuff.

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          3 days ago

          Yeah, it’s hyperbola. 🙂

          I think most lightweight desktops have invested in their own components or use LXDE. Xfce has some dependencies on Gnome tech, which I believe they pull in.