> Do you really think that XFCE is tested in the same way that GNOME (and > Dothe same goes for Razor-QT and KDE, for instance)? I mean, there are more > Dothe GNOME/KDE users out there than XFCE/LXDE/Razor-QT and more users means > well probed software. To make a DE as a default for a distribution > wewithout being tested intensively can give a bad impression to newcomers.
There is as many (and more) Xfce users than any other desktop environment. This pool started on 2011-05-02 and stopped on February 2012: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=63626 Total votes : 299 GNOME 2 83 28% GNOME 3 18 6% KDE 41 14% Unity 0 No votes XFCE 81 27% LXDE 6 2% Enlightenment 3 1% Openbox 27 9% Other 40 13% This one started on 2012-06-14: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=80733 Total votes : 113 Gnome 2 12 11% Gnome 3 15 13% KDE 22 19% XFCE 29 26% LXDE 0 No votes Fluxbox 3 3% Openbox 13 12% Mate 5 4% Cinnamon 3 3% Other 11 10%
