Mailing the story:
Xfce 4.8 GO'ing to Linux in 2011, preview out now
The first public milestone of the Xfce 4.8 Linux desktop is now out, giving Linux users the first taste of this powerful, yet minimal interface. With Xfce 4.8 developers have incorporated a long list of changes. Among the biggest items that I see in this new release (so far) is the replacement of the ThunarVFS with GIO.