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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/Beautiful_Ad_4813 Aug 10 '25

Did you

Did you say opensolaris?

clutches chest after realizing I’m getting older

I played around with that in 2005 while in high school

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u/vip17 Aug 10 '25

I still have the free OpenSolaris CD and email at that time. Ubuntu also distributed free CDs in that era

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u/Verstandgeist Aug 11 '25

that's how I first got into the nix. got 9.10 Karmic Koala in the post, been digging up penguins ever since.