XFCE - amazing desktop environment for Linux

Why choose XFCE as your Linux desktop environment? There are so many to choose from. XFCE focuses on speed, rock-solid performance, basic functionality and staying the same. If you want all the bells and whistles, you might like KDE. If you want simplicity, you might go with GNOME. But those sacrifice on performance in comparison. Lastly, what about window managers? Let's talk about it.

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[linuxlodge]

What's your favorite desktop environment / window manager?

[BiserAngelov]

Regardless of being a lightweight desktop environment, the features and capabilities of XFCE are closer to Gnome and Plasma, than to the other lightweight alternatives. And a top spot for stability and reliability as well!

[summerishere]

XFCE is great because of all the reasons you mentioned! Fast, super stable, customizable... What more could you want?

[leggysoft]

XFCE is the windows XP of Linux desktops. KDE is the fancy modern desktop. They're all you typically need.

[Tatar_Piano]

The only annoyance with xfce is absence of easily usable wifi hotspot integration, gnome and kde do it better

[zakariakov]

XFCE is my favorite desktop after 15 years with Linux.

[rursus]

The original reason for me choosing xfce was that it was not designed to be fantastic, novel, have supercool effects or animations, and lets me make efficient use of the machine, by configuring like good ole XP (that I only used for a short time) and get things available. It happens that xfce was much more flexible than anything Microsoft ever could come up with so instead of 1 panel I have 4 panels: one for the ordinary stuff, one for the nine work spaces, one for the system status and a clock/calendar, and one for fast program/tool access. And the system is much less in danger of being kidnapped or attacked by virus and malware. Windows is just one big inconvenient security risk that I need for a few tasks, Linux is the serious working tool.

[fredmckinney]

I've been using Linux for close to 20 years now. I've used quite a few desktop environments, and I'd have to say that Xfce is my favorite. Even though I have 16 GB of RAM on my desktop box, that's what I use -- Debian Stable w/ Xfce.

On my laptop, OTOH, in order to keep memory usage as low as possible and thus conserve battery life, I use Openbox on my laptop (again, Debian Stable), although several of the utilities / accessories apps on there are from Xfce.

Oh, and Wayland? I personally see no need for it. Thus, that's not important to me.

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[BrokenKanuck]

KDE Plasma 6 is far, far less crashy. It might be worth revisiting your experience.

[antoniskazou]

I am looking to switch to Linux and I am researching the different DE options. This is the first video I watched on XFCE and we have the same Firewatch wallpaper! I am probably going to select XFCE just for that coincidence alone lol

[VeitLehmann]

You have your Xfce configured almost like a TWM. One of the many great things about Xfce is its modularity, so I guess you could switch from XFWM to a TWM and keep the rest of the Xfce desktop environment. One thing that's missing from Xfce to make it usable for me is working fractional scaling. And Wayland support is not there yet. But both are in the works, so I'm always keeping an eye on Xfce and playing with it in VMs from time to time.

[richardbaker]

It’s my favorite desktop environment if you have the whisker menu not the open box window manager like he was showing.

[rdsii]

Have been doing a good bit of reading about Linux and related things. I am very close becoming a windows refugee. Of all the desktop environments I have seen, I think I'm going to give the latest gnome a try first. Where I go from there is anyone's guess. My next weekend off may see my laptop dual booting windows 11 and debian 12 with the goal of eventually leaving windows for good.

[johanb.]

Xfce is great, but no Wayland yet if you prefer Wayland over Xorg. Arc dark IMO still the best dark theme. Dark, but not to dark. Papirus dark icons my favorite icon theme.

[RicardoGarciso]

Hi LLodge,
Thanks for your Video.
Allways have worked with Xfce (Linux Mint 21) and very happy with it for reasons stands out.
Whenever I install an OS virtual or contained I select it if available.

[lrobuck]

For the desktop environment I prefer Gnome. For a window manager I prefer DWM.

[Drugvigil]

I have an issue
Installed debian xfce with expert install include btrfs. Installed successfully but during login. It's not letting me in. I tried resetting my password also. Could you please guide me?

[Jhon_]

Excelente video, efectivamente XFCE es excelente para nuevos, es el sistema perfecto para cualquier usuario en mi opinión. KDE es un poco inestable por el exceso de funciones innecesarias, Gnome al ser muy carente de personalización nativa y con un consumo de recursos innecesario, XFCE es la alternativa perfecta ya que no tiene excesos ni carencias.

[Drugvigil]

Bro. I have trouble signing in debian xfce. When I read online I does have to change with Xauthority file. Could you find me a solution to this?

[handsomedevil]

I've been using linux for about a year now and i've tried some envo's but XFCE has been my most fav I think becuase it's the most similar to windows even some keybinds are similer or you can change it to be like windows.