I also definitely don't think I'm ready to fully switch over either way, unless it's something with touch, like this aforementioned machine, I'm still into the blank slate slow and steady of it all with #Xfce. Wayland progress is slow and the weather plugin breaks more than it should (which is ideally never) but I don't have to be afraid of release B being radically different to release A like what happened from GNOME 2 to 3.
I don't have a login to ProtonDB, but I want you all to know that Tetris the Grand Master 4 Absolute Eye works perfectly on Linux with a controller
I like my Debian Xfce distro so much I made a wallpaper for it featuring some Linux mascots.
Vector artwork made entirely in Inkscape (with sketches done in Krita).
Download links on my website: https://futurehorizondesign.net.au/updates.html#debian-xfce-wallpaper
My nerd moment lately: having moved to Nextcloud and LibreOffice, I now have a much stronger usecase for using Linux in my day-to-day. I have installed Mint Xfce on a tiny shitty laptop (I'm talking 2gb RAM and 30gb SSD shitty) and I tweaked the settings using a guide, and I think it could really do the job for working on documents while out and about. I'm planning to just use it for editing documents via Nextcloud, and light web browsing.
#linux #foss #xfce
I have the feeling a lot of #Linux users don't "get" #manjaro. I'll try to explain, for myself anyway. I'm an advance Linux user, but I'd never call myself a guru. I'm not an IT or CS guy. My main interest is, and always has been, to get away from #windows. I've learned enough to break things, and maybe not end up formatting the drive and reinstalling. It offers just enough customisation to make it my own (in my case, #xfce) Because it's a rolling release, the #software is up-to-date but also lags a week behind #Arch, which is fine by me. And at this point, it works for me, I've learned its quirks, and don't want to hop to something else.
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First release!
A bash script which downloads the latest picture of the day from bing.com or apod.nasa.gov and sets it as a wallpaper.
Currently, supports XFCE, Gnome, KDE, LXDE, LXQT, i3, MATE and Cinnamon, on Linux and BSD.
#xfce is dropping a 4.21 dev release, and all I can think is… damn, we moving fast for xfce. 
because #gimp 3.0 looks hideous with the (absolutely outdated) GTK theme I'm using, I wanted to change the system theme...
the issue is, I'm in #DWM on #ArchLinux, and I use the #XFCE bar, so I have the XFCE settings app installed, but the icon theme and gtk theme can not be changed from there.
luckily, I have #Cinnamon also installed, so I can log in there, use the settings app there, and that works.
why though?! #JustLinuxThings
During 1990s - 2000s I ran #Linux and #BSD.
I started my #unix journey on SunOS OpenWindows and Solaris CDE - both elegant desktops.
I wanted that sweet spot again:
lightweight not distracting or visually busy - don't give me a headache stay out of my way, I want to work high quality elegant design just enough convenience, but no more
I settled on the #XFCE desktop, which started in 1996 as a Linux version of CDE.
The one feature that I really miss in X-Window that Wayland doesn't implement...
Don't laugh or smirk...
"unclutter"
If the mouse stops moving it should disappear after X seconds. Otherwise the desktop has this ugly cursor just sitting there doing nothing.
With the new Wayland cursor protocols is this something that could be implemented now?
Could it already be implemented but is an oversight?
I'm not even disappointed about network transparency.
Hey everyone...
As promised, work on the Multi-DE script is done. I hope it helps you get started with Arch..
Wiki updated :
https://wiki.xerolinux.xyz/scripts/
On my wife's laptop, when it was on Ubuntu 22.04 on XFCE if the laptop lid was closed to put the laptop to sleep sometimes it wouldn't resume correctly and the mouse would not register clicks and the keyboard wouldn't type unless you did Control-Alt-F1 then back to X with Control-Alt-F8.
After some more digging I discovered both TLP and ACPI were trying to suspend the laptop when you closed the lid so I disabled the suspend in TLP. Then I think I found either ConsoleKit or Upower was trying the same thing.
Anyway, her laptop had to get a minor repair (power pin became loose from the board) when it came back I reformatted it, put Void Linux on it with Mate and only the services needed and it never, ever had that suspend/resume buggy input device problem again.
... Work never stops
In my spare time, I have been hard at work on a script that will be combining all other DE install scripts into one, with exception of #Cosmic which will remain standalone for now. Instead I added #XFCE.
Once testing is complete, will update the Wiki with new instructions.
P.S : No, there are no plans to create an XFCE spin of the Distro.
Kali Linux 2025.1 Ethical #Hacking Distro Is Here with #Xfce 4.20, Refreshed Theme, #KDE Plasma 6 Support, and Major #RaspberryPi Updates https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-1-ethical-hacking-distro-is-here-with-xfce-4-20-refreshed-theme
The weather widget stopped working on XFCE. Installed genmon plugin to create my own panel widget using a regular api call to wttr.in.
At somepoint all these free api services will shutdown or tweak the ratelimit to keep going.
(he/him) 
XeroLinux 
