new linux mint, behind in xfce compared to MX

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Re: new linux mint, behind in xfce compared to MX

#21 Post by fehlix »

HessenZone wrote: Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:33 am Does that include mass-resize as well?
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Re: new linux mint, behind in xfce compared to MX

#22 Post by malspa »

entropyfoe wrote: Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:40 pmMy comment was more to say, much of the xfce part of the announcement sounded to be lagging behind what MX had 6-8 months ago.
And I guess you could say that MX was lagging behind Debian Stretch (with regards to the Xfce version) for several months, as well, as it took that long for the Stretch-based MX-17 to come out. Interesting, Linux Mint 19 ships with Xfce 4.12.3, according to what's posted at DistroWatch. Same as what's in the Stretch repos. But at the Ubuntu Packages site, I see Xfce 4.12.4 available in the Bionic (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) repos. I don't think any of this is such a big deal, though.

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Re: new linux mint, behind in xfce compared to MX

#23 Post by KBD »

There were lots of bugs in Xfce Mint beta. There may have been other considerations as to their choice of what version of Xfce they used. Besides that, Xfce is the least cutting edge of any desktop--which is one reason I love it--so it isn't moving forward in leaps and bounds in a point release or two.

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Re: new linux mint, behind in xfce compared to MX

#24 Post by malspa »

KBD wrote: Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:20 amBesides that, Xfce is the least cutting edge of any desktop--which is one reason I love it--so it isn't moving forward in leaps and bounds in a point release or two.
Yep.

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Re: new linux mint, behind in xfce compared to MX

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KBD wrote: Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:20 am There were lots of bugs in Xfce Mint beta. There may have been other considerations as to their choice of what version of Xfce they used. Besides that, Xfce is the least cutting edge of any desktop--which is one reason I love it--so it isn't moving forward in leaps and bounds in a point release or two.
Well, I actually disagree with the interpretation of "least cutting edge" because I feel quite the opposite about XFCE. I feel that by making it possible to totally customize just about every aspect of the desktop quickly & easily, from the panel to existing icons, look & feel, transparency, multiple panels which can literally be placed anywhere, individual backgrounds for multiple workspaces, custom main menu with custom app descriptions, etc. etc., that as far as I'm concerned that makes XFCE actually the most cutting edge. Some people might say Cinnamon (Mint flagship desktop) or Unity (Ubuntu flagship desktop) ot KDE and some others might be more cutting edge, but what good is that cutting edge to an individual user if, in the sense & spirit of Linux, that cutting edge can no longer be customized and tweaked to ones liking?
So to me, the sheer freedom that XFCE gives me, is my interpretation of cutting edge.

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Re: new linux mint, behind in xfce compared to MX

#26 Post by Pierre »

Do Remember that the LinuxMint Project Team is also Fairly Conservative in it's attitude.
- maybe even more than the MX Project Team is. . .
and, surprisingly, the amount of times, that the AX / MX project seems to get recommended to someone with an Old Machine.
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Not Surprisingly Too - - it's this weeks Review over on DW:
https://www.distrowatch.com/weekly.php? ... 80702#mint
and it Got the Thumbs Up - - No Surprise, there, either.
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