There is a place for graphically gorgeous distro’s, but when it comes to ease and speed, Xfce is just the best for me.

I started using Xfce when Xubuntu first came out and I switched to Linux Mint Xfce when that started. I did try other distro’s when others recommended them, but always switched back to Xfce.

I have an old Eeepc that runs so smoothly on the latest Mint Xfce despite being a senior in computer years.

And that’s why it was about time I gushed about Xfce on here 😀

    • MelmiEnglish
      11•10 months ago

      i3 will have lower requirements, since it’s just a bare window manager. XFCE is about as lightweight as a fully featured desktop environment can get, whereas with i3 you have to bring your own tools.

      Incidentally, you can use i3 as the window manager portion of XFCE if you want.

    • Oliver Lowe
      8•10 months ago

      is it even lower demanding than i3?

      Probably not. XFCE provides more than just a window manager; it’s a whole desktop environment. That said, it would be interesting to see quantitatively what the difference in system resource usage actually is.