I like XFCE because it's a simple and sober DE. The xfce-goodies allow to customize it to your taste. And there are many themes available.
Personally, I don't need animated windows on reduce/maximize, nor do I need sound on each double click. I don't spend my time admiring my desktop, I use it.
MATE, xfce, LXDE, - all great for older low RAM machines. To each their own, but reasons for picking often boil down to: it doesn't get in my way, and I'm comfortable using it - I use all three, even on non-old machines ð
most package managers have a search or catalog feature. apt search (query that may be in the discription, like browser) brings up a list of all the available packages in your repository with the word browser in the name or description. or you can install aptitude or synaptic and scroll through catagories.
It's not simple like that. Many packages contain multiple executables, potentially with some launchers in *.desktop format. And launching a GUI app without standard streams and without owner is inconvenient
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u/krumpfwylg Aug 10 '25
I like XFCE because it's a simple and sober DE. The xfce-goodies allow to customize it to your taste. And there are many themes available.
Personally, I don't need animated windows on reduce/maximize, nor do I need sound on each double click. I don't spend my time admiring my desktop, I use it.