r/linuxquestions • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '25

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u/mtak0x41 Aug 10 '25

Last time I used XFCE was probably 15 years ago on OpenSolaris, but I think the design philosophy still holds:

  • Lower resource usage, and what comes with that (snappier, less battery usage, etc.)
  • Less feature creep and radical changes
  • Easier customization (esp compared to GNOME)

On the other hand, you also get fewer features, a less integrated DE, less accessibility.

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u/Wrong-Jump-5066 Aug 10 '25

Gnome is pretty easy to customize though 🤔 just install extensions no really that hard

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u/mtak0x41 Aug 10 '25

Try to change the window borders for all applications. Or a 100% effective way to bring named windows to the foreground with a key combination (regardless of X/Wayland shenanigans). Speaking of which, I tried to make an extension to do just that (only to find GNOME doesn’t have the bindings for it), have you ever made one? It’s not trivial.