Debian Trying Out Xfce Over GNOME By Default

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67317

    Debian Trying Out Xfce Over GNOME By Default

    Phoronix: Debian Trying Out Xfce Over GNOME By Default

    While Debian GNU/kFreeBSD has used Xfce as its default desktop environment and prior to 7.0 Wheezy they experimented with Xfce by default for Debian GNU/Linux, it's being tried out once again...

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  • Shnatsel
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 143

    #2
    Debian developers will rely upon Popcorn package statistics
    It's PopCon, for Popularity Contest, not popcorn, lol

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    • monraaf
      Banned
      • Dec 2008
      • 1117

      #3
      One should also mention that the latest Gnome3 release in debian depends on systemd.
      Since Debian has yet to decide on a modern init system, there is really not a lot of choice here to keep Gnome3 the default atm.

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      • uid313
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 6919

        #4
        gnome-session-flashback

        They could use gnome-session-flashback instead of Xfce, if they want something more like GNOME 2.

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        • Daktyl198
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2013
          • 1573

          #5
          Originally posted by uid313 View Post
          They could use gnome-session-flashback instead of Xfce, if they want something more like GNOME 2.
          They don't want something more like Gnome2, they want something that both 1. is stable and 2. doesn't require systemd while they figure out which init system they are going with in the future.

          I'm hoping they use Cinnamon as a DE to get the Gnome compatibility without the systemd requirements and OpenRC + eudev on the init/services side of things.
          I think that would be the best combination of stuff to go for, personally.

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          • felipe
            Phoronix Member
            • Jul 2013
            • 66

            #6
            Why don't pick up mate?. I was trying on Linux Mint 13 Mate 1.2.1 with compiz in virtualbox and is so nice... xfce filemanager is so ugly and shity*

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            • schmidtbag
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2010
              • 6614

              #7
              Originally posted by felipe View Post
              Why don't pick up mate?. I was trying on Linux Mint 13 Mate 1.2.1 with compiz in virtualbox and is so nice... xfce filemanager is so ugly and shity*
              XFCE's filemanager (and default text editor) are the only parts of it that are truly crappy, and both are easily replaceable. I know very little about MATE's development (all I know is its a fork of gnome 2) but it wouldn't surprise me if XFCE is more polished.

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              • bkor
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2012
                • 441

                #8
                Originally posted by Daktyl198 View Post
                They don't want something more like Gnome2, they want something that both 1. is stable and 2. doesn't require systemd while they figure out which init system they are going with in the future.

                I'm hoping they use Cinnamon as a DE to get the Gnome compatibility without the systemd requirements and OpenRC + eudev on the init/services side of things.
                I think that would be the best combination of stuff to go for, personally.
                Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME 3. It doesn't magically have more or less requirements than GNOME 3.

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                • pingufunkybeat
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 2921

                  #9
                  Originally posted by phoronix View Post
                  Phoronix: Debian Trying Out Xfce Over GNOME By Default

                  While Debian GNU/kFreeBSD has used Xfce as its default desktop environment and prior to 7.0 Wheezy they experimented with Xfce by default for Debian GNU/Linux, it's being tried out once again...

                  http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTUwNDE
                  Makes sense. Xfce is lightweight and provides a simple, acceptable default without ridiculous dependencies.

                  Everyone can install KDE/GNOME/E17 or whatever they want later.

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                  • leif81
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2009
                    • 150

                    #10
                    What a farce. Lets change the default desktop without looking at the stats, but then offer to use the stats later to determine if it was a good choice. Thanks for the goodwill Debian.

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