Xfce 4.2 -A light weight window manager heavy in features.

Posted by VISITOR on Jan 10, 2006 5:09 PM EDT
All about Linux; By Ravi
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Wars have been fought on the net over which is the better desktop of the two ie KDE or Gnome. But what people miss out is that there are other options available to the Linux user if only he would look for them. One such project is Xfce desktop. This is a review of this light weight window manager.

The first time I used Xfce was when I tried out the Belenix Live CD. Xfce was the only window manager bundled with it so I had no choice but to use it though my personal preference was Fluxbox. But after playing around in it for some time, I just couldn't stop admiring the usability and design of Xfce as well as the responsiveness of the applications when run in it.

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