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What I want to share with you in this article is what are the seven reasons why Xfce is very popular. I think it is very practical, so I share it with you. I hope you can get something after reading this article. Let's take a look at it with the editor.

For a long time, Xfce has always been the third most popular Linux desktop. For more than a decade, it has been less popular than GNOME and KDE. Then, just a few years ago, it became a major force in the opposition to GNOME and Unity; since then, it has been in second place after KDE. Xfce itself hasn't changed, but users are looking for alternative technologies that make them fall in love with Xfce to a certain extent.

What is the secret that Xfce is so tempting? After asking around, I came to the conclusion that there are at least seven reasons.

7.Xfce is a classic desktop.

Xfce has layouts that users of all operating systems have been using for more than two decades: menus, panels, and workspaces, supporting icons and opening windows. In the past, it had a few special features, such as the way to add icons, but overall, it looked immediately familiar, especially for many of the discontinued GNOME 2. This familiarity is in sharp contrast to the innovative technologies launched by other important desktops released in recent years, and it's obviously a relief that you don't have to worry about the learning process.

6.Xfce strikes a balance between light and easy to use.

Xfce sometimes benefits from its reputation as a lightweight desktop. Today, however, it is more often seen as striking a balance between lightweight graphical interfaces (such as LXDE) and feature-rich desktops (such as MATE and Cinnamon). For example, according to the project's official web page, the purpose of Xfce is to "run fast, consume less system resources, while still looking attractive and easy to use."

5.Xfce can be highly customized.

In order to be lightweight, many desktops often sacrifice customization. For example, LXDE has few options other than customizing panels and general appearance.

However, the current version of Xfce has 18 categories in its Setting Manager (Settings Manager)-just two fewer than the much more comprehensive GNOME. Customization has always been a priority for Linux desktop users; Xfce is pretty good at this by any measure and does much better than most desktops that are classified as lightweight desktops. One or two customizations of Xfce (such as notification locations) are even custom desktops that KDE does not have.

4.Xfce focuses on becoming an application initiator.

GNOME and KDE are not just graphical interfaces, they are also a complete ecosystem of applications and utilities. The idea flourished in the mid-1990s, when the two desktops were just beginning to emerge; the advantage of the idea was that applications could take advantage of the desktop environment. However, ecosystem concepts that encourage dazzling visual effects may mean a long list of dependencies.

By contrast, Xfce includes only a few utilities and does not deviate too far from the basic goal of providing a place to launch the application and display the window. As a result, there is less to learn and often less to install. As a popular explanation, Xfce "doesn't matter".

3.Xfce contains the Thunar file manager.

Although Xfce does not have many utilities, Thunar is undoubtedly the best of them. Like Xfce itself, Thunar is praised for its lightness. Many people also praise its carefully selected features, including menu items for opening terminals, creating documents, and opening the parent directory of the current directory, as well as highly customized.

The reputation of Thunar has not been derogated by continuing to use standard menus at a time when other file managers have reduced the top-level menu to a single item.

Bottom panel of the 2.Xfce.

The feature second only to Thunar in Xfce is the default bottom panel, which is used as an initiator for common applications. The bottom panel is not a feature that cannot be copied in many Linux desktops at all, but it is reminiscent of the sophisticated OS X; similar panels are common, trying to learn from the innovations of other desktops. The bottom panel is where many users continue to think Unity's initiator should be, which may not hurt at all.

1.Xfce can run GNOME and KDE applications smoothly.

Despite the occasional cooperative posture, neither GNOME nor KDE can run each other's applications particularly smoothly. For example, it takes a long time for both to open each other's applications. As a result, users tend to continue to use applications designed for the desktop environment of their choice; over time, another desktop environment becomes almost another operating system.

Xfce, by contrast, runs GNOME and KDE applications smoothly, but a little slower than they do on native desktops. This feature makes Xfce more likely to choose applications based on merit rather than those who choose applications for which desktop design.

As usual

Surprisingly, despite its current popularity, Xfce has done nothing about the project; in fact, it has done nothing for years. Its purpose has not changed; unless a new version is released, the project rarely communicates with the public.

However, you might say that Xfce has caught up with a good situation. As other desktops alienate users, in recent years users have finally thought about Xfce;, which is worth considering, and unsurprisingly, they like it.

These are the seven reasons why Xfce is so popular. The editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.

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