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What are the eight reasons for using the Xfce Linux desktop environment? for this question, this article introduces the corresponding analysis and solutions in detail, hoping to help more partners who want to solve this problem to find a more simple and feasible way.

The overall elegance of the Xfce desktop is light and fast enough to make it easy to know how to do a good job. Today, the editor of Shaanxi excellent Employment will talk about Xfce, which brings you a faster-than-expected, lightweight experience.

1. Lightweight architecture

Xfce takes up very little memory and CPU compared to other desktops such as KDE and GNOME. In my system, the programs that make up the Xfce desktop take up only a small amount of memory to make such a powerful desktop. Ultra-low CPU occupancy is also a feature of Xfce desktops. After learning that Xfce has a very low memory footprint, I'm not surprised that its CPU footprint is also very low.

2. Brevity

The Xfce desktop is simple, like a neatly fluffy animal that is clear and pleasing to the eye. The basic desktop has two panels and a vertical icon line on the left. Panel 0 is at the bottom and consists of some basic application launchers and icons that can access the corresponding programs in the system. Panel 1 is at the top and consists of an application initiator and a workspace switch that allows users to switch back and forth between multiple workspaces. Panels can be customized through additions, such as adding a new application launcher or changing their width and height.

The icon on the left side of the desktop corresponds to the home directory and the trash can. It can also display other icons, such as a complete file system directory tree and any pluggable USB storage device connected to the system. These icons can be used to mount and uninstall devices, or to open the default file manager. They can all be hidden if you like, and the icons corresponding to file systems, trash bins, and home directories can be controlled and managed one by one. All removable devices can also be hidden or displayed as a group.

3. File management

As Xfce's default file manager, Thunar, it is simple, easy to use and configure, and very easy to learn. Although it is not as flamboyant as other file managers such as Konqueror or Dolphin, it is powerful and fast. Thunar cannot open multiple panels in a single window, but it provides tabs to support multiple directories to open at the same time. Thunar also has a very beautiful sidebar with the same icon on the desktop that shows the complete file system directory tree and all connected USB storage devices. Devices can be mounted and unmounted, and removable media such as CD can also be ejected. Thunar can also use help software like Ark to open archives when you click on them. Archived files such as ZIP, TAR, and RPM can be browsed or copied from individual files.

Xfce desktop and terminal simulator under Thunar and Xfce. In my file manager series [2], I have used and experienced a lot of different file manager software, and I have to say that Thunar is so easy to use that you can't help but like it. It allows you to easily browse the file system by using the sidebar.

4. Stability

The Xfce desktop is very stable. The release cycle of the new version seems to be three years, but relevant updates will also be released as needed. The latest version is 4.12, released in February 2015. After a series of problems with KDE, the rock-solid Xfce desktop environment is particularly reassuring. When I use Xfce, it never crashes, nor does it generate additional daemons that take up too much system resources. This is exactly what I want: it works quietly and won't cause you any extra trouble.

5. Elegance

Xfce is simple and elegant. In my new book, "the Linux philosophy of system administrators," which will be released this fall, I talked about a series of benefits of simplicity, including one of the many hallmarks of simplicity that is actually elegant. What is clear is that the developers and maintainers of Xfce and related component programs also strongly advocate simplicity. This simple feature is probably the main reason why Xfce is so stable, but it also gives users a clean desktop appearance, a responsive interface, a navigation structure that feels natural and easy to use, and the overall elegance of Xfce will make users feel happy in the process.

6. Terminal emulation program

Xfce4's terminal emulator is very powerful and, like many other terminal emulators, allows you to use multiple tabs to allow multiple terminals to coexist in a single window. Although it is relatively crude compared with terminal emulation programs such as Tilix, Terminator and Konsole, it can also do a good job. The name of the tab can be changed, and the tabs can be rearranged by dragging and dropping or by dragging and dropping the arrow icon on the toolbar or by selecting the menu bar. One thing I particularly like about Xfce's terminal emulation program is that no matter how many hosts you are connected to, the corresponding tab will display the corresponding hostname, for example, from host1= > host2= > host3= > host4, will accurately display "host4" on the tab. But other terminal emulation programs display "host2" at most.

Other aspects of the function and appearance of this terminal emulation program can be easily configured to what you want according to your needs. Of course, like other components of Xfce, this terminal emulation program takes up a small part of the system resources.

7. Configurability

Xfce can be configured in a wide range. Although Xfce desktops are not as configurable as KDE, they are still far more configurable than GNOME and easier to configure. For example, I found that the settings manager is the entrance to everything that Xfce configures. Although each configuration program can be used separately, the Settings Manager puts them all in a window for quick access. There are many important parts about the Xfce desktop that can be configured to meet my needs.

8. Modularization

Xfce is made up of a series of individual projects, and you may not have all the components of Xfce installed in your Linux desktop distribution. The home page of the Xfce project [3] lists the major projects, so you can install the add-ons you want to install as needed. For example, when I installed the Xfce group on my version of Fedora28 workstation, I didn't have some of the programs described at the bottom of the Xfce project [3] home page.

There is also a document page on Xfce [4] and a wiki called Xfce value Project [5] to list other Xfce-related projects, which provide a lot of good applications, beautiful illustrations, and easy-to-use plug-ins for Xfce panels and Thunar.

This is the answer to the question about what are the eight reasons for using the Xfce Linux desktop environment. I hope the above content can be of some help to you. If you still have a lot of doubts to be solved, you can follow the industry information channel for more related knowledge.

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