What is XFCE still needing, to become the #1 choice

[tino]

"Although I have some doubts that XFCE is 'so very much lighter' than GNOME (GNOME 2.20 doesn't take too much memory if you don't start all kind of c**p), it is still lighter, and in a few years there will be less and less antiquated computers who require extra-light window managers (Fluxbox, Openbox, Blackbox, WindowMaker, IceWM).

"So far, the applications, tools, accessories and applets that come with XFCE are not contaminated with the Mono virus, and hopefully this won't change very soon. (Or at least, I hope so.) XFCE is reasonably mature, and constantly improving, so it has all the chances to become the mid-weighted Desktop Environment of choice pretty soon...!"

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[No_Strings]

I've been using and pimping XFCE4 for several years.  It is fast, light, reliable and has everything I need without all the gunk that gets dragged along with the other popular DEs.  Try it, you'll like it.

[tino]

I have a copy of Xubuntu here on a CD to try when I receive my SN95G5 in the post, will be the last and final move away from Microsoft once I get that running.

I'll just emulate Windows or run a VM client when I want Windows for gaming.

[Ashtefere]

I think if enlightment 17 would hurry up and make their own compositing manager we would see all sorts of ownage happening.
-Ash

[ZenFleshZenBone]

Wow yeah, I haven't used Xfce in a long time and I am VERY impressed with how well the new Xfce 4 runs. The older versions were quick but they always seemed like they needed more features. They need to work on a few things but I think the new version of Xfce is much easier to use than KDE and not as bulky..

[CrystalCowboy]

A Fedora 8 Xfce spin was announced on Feb 13. Pre-packaging it like that might help.