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Absolutely! While xfce4-terminal is really fantastic, #Xfce as a whole stands out for empowering users. Compared to other GTK-based environments like GNOME or, perhaps, Cinnamon (which I’ve used less extensively), Xfce delivers unmatched granular control across its tools. It’s a philosophy of flexibility! 🐁🎛️

🔥 To all users of Zorin OS ‘Lite’: this lightweight version using the #XFCE desktop environment will no longer be developed or maintained beyond Zorin OS 17 and 18 (end of support and maintenance in June 2029).
💡 2 solutions:
➡️ migrate to the Core, Pro or Education versions of Zorin OS
➡️ change GNU/Linux distribution
📝 The official reasons for this decision are detailed in this article: help.zorin.com/docs/getting-st
#️⃣ #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LogicielsLibres #ZorinOS #Zorin #Linux
👋 @nicolasvivant

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Zorin HelpGetting Zorin OS LiteZorin OS Lite will continue to be available in the Zorin OS 17 and Zorin OS 18 release series.

My nerd moment lately: having moved to Nextcloud and LibreOffice, I now have a much stronger usecase for using Linux in my day-to-day. I have installed Mint Xfce on a tiny shitty laptop (I'm talking 2gb RAM and 30gb SSD shitty) and I tweaked the settings using a guide, and I think it could really do the job for working on documents while out and about. I'm planning to just use it for editing documents via Nextcloud, and light web browsing.
#linux #foss #xfce

in OpenBSD with Xfce, when I have a link in another application, including Thunderbird, those links have been opening in Chromium, even though my default browser in the Xfce settings is Firefox.

There's another place where this is set, and this Stack Exchange post lays it all out.

unix.stackexchange.com/a/69656

Unix & Linux Stack Exchangexfce4-terminal; change default browserNo matter what I change, my xfce4-terminal will not use chrome as the browser, and keeps opening firefox windows. tim@MushaV3 ~ $ grep 'html' ~/.config/mimeapps.list text/html=google-chrome.desktop;

#opensourceFriday

During 1990s - 2000s I ran #Linux and #BSD.

I started my #unix journey on SunOS OpenWindows and Solaris CDE - both elegant desktops.

I wanted that sweet spot again:

✅ lightweight
✅ not distracting or visually busy - don't give me a headache
✅ stay out of my way, I want to work
✅ high quality elegant design
✅ just enough convenience, but no more

I settled on the #XFCE desktop, which started in 1996 as a Linux version of CDE.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfce

On my wife's laptop, when it was on Ubuntu 22.04 on XFCE if the laptop lid was closed to put the laptop to sleep sometimes it wouldn't resume correctly and the mouse would not register clicks and the keyboard wouldn't type unless you did Control-Alt-F1 then back to X with Control-Alt-F8.

After some more digging I discovered both TLP and ACPI were trying to suspend the laptop when you closed the lid so I disabled the suspend in TLP. Then I think I found either ConsoleKit or Upower was trying the same thing.

Anyway, her laptop had to get a minor repair (power pin became loose from the board) when it came back I reformatted it, put Void Linux on it with Mate and only the services needed and it never, ever had that suspend/resume buggy input device problem again.

... Work never stops

In my spare time, I have been hard at work on a script that will be combining all DE install scripts into one, with exception of #Cosmic which will remain standalone for now. Instead I added #XFCE.

Once testing is complete, will update the Wiki with new instructions.

P.S : No, there are no plans to create an XFCE spin of the Distro.