I've used Xfce around 10-20 years now. never had a problem with it! On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> On 2025-08-19 15:03, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:44:21 -0700 > > rusty carruth via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > > >> One big difference is that the 'guiding principle' of Mint is that it > >> 'just works'. This means that you can't use Synaptic to update > >> packages, since that has been known to break things. You use the > >> update manager. Some people find this beyond annoying, even to the > >> point of considering it a violation of <something>. I use Mint, and I > >> *think* you can still use apt to update your system, but I tend to use > >> the update manager since the theory is that using it reduces the > >> chances that an update will break something. > > > > Rusty, updates that break things aren't fun, and I should know, because > > I use Void Linux, whose updates sometimes break things (but not to the > > extent of Gentoo/Funtoo or Arch). > > > > I could go on for ten pages revealing all the reasons I love Void, but > > sometimes I wish I could do updates from a little less defensive > > posture. > > > > By the way Keith, if you're attracted to Xfce, also try out LXDE and > > LXQt. I think they're more efficient and have less unexpected behaviors > > than Xfce. I gave up on Xfce in the late 00's because of intermittent > > wierdnesses on all Linux distros (but it worked perfectly on OpenBSD, > > go figure). It's possible that Xfce is better now. > > > > Thanks Steve!! > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > Spring 2023 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-:
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