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Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by tux »

mrpotato wrote: post #56

I like the xfce look and the xfce specific apps unfortunately I tried using xfce on a dell xps 15 laptop and had problems with screen tearing while scrolling up/down. I never found a fix so ended up on KDE.

Try disabling XFCE composor in "Windows Manager Tweaks" it fixes tearing issues.

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by Snortibartfast »

awiesenhofer wrote: post #68
refracture wrote: post #61

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Chicago95 can take that a step further if you like. I'm running KDE lately too (Slackware-current finally got KDE5 recently so I'm trying it out), but XFCE is the old trusty default for me.

Wow, what a blast from the past. I always wonder though is anyone actually using themes like these as their actual daily driver? Link to the project with Screenshots: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

I've used Memphis98 (similar to Chicago95) since it came out. Although just as a GTK-theme, not the entire desktop. Window manager is FVWM and taskbar/panel/session-manager is LXQt, so it's a bit of a Franken-desktop :)

For Qt-apps I use the "Windows" style so they fit together nicely.

Comparing Memphis and Chicago, there are some layout-bugs in Memphis, but I feel like it's overall a bit better balanced than Chicago.

I think all new themes are too bright and flat, Windows 9X was perfect (at least in that regard).

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by goldenkey »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #72
greggyb wrote: post #63

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xrandr --output --set TearFree on Fixes that on most monitors and display adapters for me.

Wait a second, why wouldn't TearFree be enabled by default? Are there people who wish to have screen tearing out of the box?

Screen tearing is usually due to rendering faster than the display can support. So you wouldn't want to have it on by default since it likely impairs frame rate if I had to guess.

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by prewett »

nine_k wrote: post #37
himujjal wrote: post #9

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Curious here. Advantages of XFCE over KDE or Gnome. I use KDE. I need to know from a regular user. VM is not enough.

Xfce is lighter weight than Gnome 3, and actually allows you to customize things that matter (to me). You can set it up in various ways visually, even though the default look is usable out of the box. Xfce's window manager is the best of all I've tried. Maybe not as configurable as e.g. Sawmill, it has a lot of useful functions that are missing from Gnome-based offerings, and from macOS: window snapping, automatic wi…

Does Sawmill still work on new systems? Every time I install it gets more and more difficult, to the point where when I tried installing in on Ubuntu 18.04 I just gave up.

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by _lffv »

awiesenhofer wrote: post #68
refracture wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chicago95 can take that a step further if you like. I'm running KDE lately too (Slackware-current finally got KDE5 recently so I'm trying it out), but XFCE is the old trusty default for me.

Wow, what a blast from the past. I always wonder though is anyone actually using themes like these as their actual daily driver? Link to the project with Screenshots: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

My grandmother's computer is an old Debian box with nothing more than `ly` (as a DM), xfce, Chicago95, and Firefox. She loves it, though I made a ton of tweaks here and there to make it easier for her to use (specifically a ton of website launchers on her desktop). She got lost in regards to how to use her computer back in the XP>8 transition so it was great to be able to bring her back to that style of desktop and have the system be easier to fix than Windows 8 or 10.

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by rjeli »

awiesenhofer wrote: post #68
refracture wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chicago95 can take that a step further if you like. I'm running KDE lately too (Slackware-current finally got KDE5 recently so I'm trying it out), but XFCE is the old trusty default for me.

Wow, what a blast from the past. I always wonder though is anyone actually using themes like these as their actual daily driver? Link to the project with Screenshots: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

I’ve used chicago95 as a daily driver for a few years now. It’s simple, high contrast, gets out of my way and lets me work.

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by greggyb »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #72
greggyb wrote: post #63

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xrandr --output --set TearFree on Fixes that on most monitors and display adapters for me.

Wait a second, why wouldn't TearFree be enabled by default? Are there people who wish to have screen tearing out of the box?

This answer has some good detail on the tradeoffs of TearFree with the Intel driver. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/518362/whats-the-do...

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by stjohnswarts »

m8s wrote: post #2

This seems like a ton of work and a great achievement. XFCE, for whatever reason, is always my go to desktop environment and really just "feels like home". Thank you to everyone who contributed.

One of the few that doesn't give me fits when I run remote vnc sessions (independent of main "desktop" session)

Re: Xfce 4.16

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Post by andromeduck »

bluedino wrote: post #58
himujjal wrote: post #9

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Curious here. Advantages of XFCE over KDE or Gnome. I use KDE. I need to know from a regular user. VM is not enough.

KDE feels like Windows 10 to me, and that's a bad thing. It's so disorganized. But, Gnome 3 screwed up input, mostly trackpad scrolling, so I use KDE or XFCE.

You can customize it quite a bit and unlike with gnome, it won't suddenly break every few months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTF9Nmt3iXY

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