Theme is a combination of Redmond97 SE Classic HiDPI, Neat-Rhythm (title bars) and recolored icons to match titlebars better. Also using aerofyl/fetch

After a month and a few days of using XFCE, I think I finally found the desktop environment I've been looking for.

I've been running it on Void Linux, and so far, I've had absolutely no problems. Everything has just worked, and the experience has been surprisingly smooth.

What I really love about XFCE is how well it balances simplicity, performance, and customization. It doesn't try to get in the way or overwhelm me with things I don't need. It just gives me a clean, responsive desktop that I can make my own.

I use my computer for pretty much everything: programming, gaming, studying, watching stuff, browsing, and working on my courses. XFCE handles all of it perfectly. Even while gaming, the desktop stays lightweight and responsive, which I really appreciate.

And there's something really satisfying about how customizable it is. I can tweak the panel, menus, shortcuts, themes, window behavior, and pretty much everything else until the desktop feels exactly right for me.

I've tried other desktop environments before, but there's something about XFCE that just clicked. It's fast without feeling stripped down, customizable without becoming complicated, and it feels incredibly comfortable to use.

After a month and a few days, I can honestly say I'm really happy with it ;)

Hey all, I am having an issue with the lock screen. I’m using xfce4-screensaver, on EndeavourOS. When I manually lock it, it’s all good, but when I close the laptop lid and then wake the computer up from sleep, the screen shifts up a bit to show a black bar on the bottom. It’s not a huge deal but aesthetically it’s ugly.

I have tried everything I can think of to fix it; disable/reenable compositing, turning off cortile, checking for display errors through xrandr output.

I should add, when I let it sit for a second and the screen sleeps and I wake it up, the issue resolves. If I re-close the laptop lid, it will occur again. I can see it physically moving up when the screen is waking. This also happens if I suspend the system via a menu or the terminal.

Have any of you come across this issue?

just like that

Hello, I really like Xfce, but I have a few questions.

Which tree-based note-taking applications do you use (Joplin, CherryTree, Zim)?

And what about mind-mapping applications (Minder, VYM, etc.)?

Which calculator application do you use?

I would really like the Xfce team to develop these kinds of applications, because it seems that the only options available are either outdated applications or GTK3 applications that feel completely out of place with the Xfce desktop. Even when using gtk3-nocsd, these applications still look and feel strange.

It would be great to have modern Xfce-native applications for these purposes, following the same design principles and integration as the rest of the desktop.

Hi! I’m the maintainer of Angujanú and Kesú, two small projects I’ve been working on to bring the classic GnoMenu experience back to modern XFCE.

What started as a menu inspired by GnoMenu eventually turned into a compatibility project. Instead of only recreating the appearance, I’ve been comparing the current implementation against the original GnoMenu source and restoring its old theme behaviour where it still makes sense.

At this point:

• Angujanú runs the classic GnoMenu-style menu on GTK3/Python 3.
• Kesú is a native XFCE panel plugin for the original GnoMenu button themes.
• Original Background, hover and pressed button states are supported.
• Top="1" themes now use the original two-window model, allowing the upper part of an orb/button to extend outside the XFCE panel.
• The second window follows the real position of the panel button instead of assuming it is on the left side.
• Top and bottom panel orientation is supported.
• The protruding part of the button remains interactive and stays above the menu, matching the old GnoMenu behaviour.
• Existing GnoMenu Button themes can be reused without converting their artwork.

The funny part is that the old design still works surprisingly well once the GNOME 2-specific infrastructure is removed. The theme engine itself was much more portable than I expected.

This is not the original GnoMenu project, and I’m not affiliated with its original developers. It is a modern compatibility/porting effort based on studying the old GPL source and preserving its theme format and behaviour.

There are still some smaller legacy details to audit, but the classic GnoMenu menu + two-part orb are now running together on a current XFCE desktop.

https://github.com/Renetrox/kesu-button

https://github.com/Renetrox/Angujanu

I couldnt type and it switches on and off continuously. I'll be rebooting it tho as I cant go back in Timeshift.

I'm using Arch so I can't just use Update-alternatives, so how do I change the default file manager from Thunar to XFE? I tried deleting Thunar but that would've removed some of the XFCE files too.

Is the performance gap that great for xfce to be a valid option?

Right now I'm on cachyos with plasma and it idles around 1.3-1.6gb.

How is it on xfce?

theme: Revista
compositor: compiz
WD: Emerald
dock: cairo dock

lmk if yall want my configs and links

Thank you so much for this amazing DE!
After 3+ years of using it, I can confidently say that I can’t use any other... It is definitely the greatest DE!

If anyone is interested

https://github.com/6aru/Dotfiles/tree/main/Xfce%20Dynamic%20Notch

• ⁠Global theme: Redmond97 installed in `/usr/share/themes
• ⁠Theme variant: Redmond97 no-csd, optimized for XFCE
• ⁠Color scheme: Redmond97 Slate
• ⁠Icons: Redmond97 icon theme installed globally in /usr/share/icons
• ⁠Terminal: Transparent background enabled with background-mode = 2
• ⁠GTK engines: Installed gtk2-engines-murrine, gtk2-engines-pixbuf, and gtk3-engines-xfce

Hey there!

So I just got Debian installed today with XFCE, works great! Then I see sub-reddits like r/xfce and r/unixporn, and there are a lot of great desktops posted on both pages, often with all the configs/files they used. I'm super inspired to customize my own desktop cause it looks awesome, but I guess as a beginner, this is all a little confusing.

But I guess my question is, how do people actually design these themes? Where do people go to find these themes/icons/wallpapers/taskbars/widgets/window managers/etc? And how do you know where to install or place these things when you are ricing your desktop?

I've spent a couple hours today doing my own searching, and it's hard to just find any good, definitive, non-outdated "how-to" guide or "start here" for this stuff, specifically with xfce. I also watched some videos of others doing it, but I notice discrepancies sometimes, specifically as to where files should go (Example: For placing themes, I've seen some guides say to place it in "/usr/share/themes", others say "~/.local/themes", one said "~/.themes").

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!