Is XFCE the greatest DE in existence?

Can you repeat the question?

>DE

>existence

>>60430428
>>60430440
>>60430448

Welcome to /g/

>>60430403
No. Let me know when it doesn't need a third-party compositor because of tearing. Also, let me know when Thunar can keep icons in a proper grid structure.

>No high dpi scaling
Maybe it was in 1998

It'd be fine if it didn't cause screen tearing because the built in compositor is a pile of shit.

You can use compton with it, but even then it usually tears at the top. If you want something light just use cinnamon or mate or something.

What's the advantage of a DE over a WM, anyway? Just the ability to put icons on your desktop?

>>60430636
Proper wifi/network setup
Proper drag And drop support
Productivity
Unautistic
Anime-free

>>60430709
Do WMs not offer all of those features? I'll admit I've never had to set up WiFi on a *nix PC.

What?

How come whenever I use Xfce and move a window around my screen I get massive tearing?

>>60430532
Thanks.

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>mfw people still regurgitate the screen tearing meme even though it was fixed ages ago

https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10439

Greatest after Aqua/quartz

>>60430533
You can fix tearing by turning on the TearFree option of your GPU driver. Both AMD and Intel drivers support it.
But that would mean you are not a complete retard and know more about Linux than just running screenfetch and complaining on /g/.

>>60430736
>Do WMs not offer all of those features?

No

>>60430513
(YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW)

>>60430403
At the current pace of the xfce developers. GTK5 is going to be out, wayland default in debian before the port to gtk3 finishes. Terrible.

> Using a gtk2 DE in 2017

>>60430403
greatest at screen tearing yes

>>60434200
install compton

>>60430403
No, but it's super comfy

>>60434218
>>60430594

>>60434218

I don't want gangster niggas shooting each other on my DE

>>60434257
works perferctly here :^)

>>60434200
>>60434218
>>60434257
[CODE]
---Intel Tearing fix---
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection
[/CODE]

>>60430403
Personally? No, It has definitely aged better than all of it's competitors mind you, look at what clusterfucks Gnome and KDE have devolved into, absolute trash.

>install Xfce
>it works

>>60434200
that's i3

>>60433623
>Using gtk2 in 2017

Thanks god. The slower they port to shitty gtk3 the better.

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Even ms botnet loves it

>>60430403
Thunar had become a buggy mess. Constant freezing and crashing. It took them a year to fix the file rename/move bug. The stock language keyboard layout applet was so buggy I had to install xxkb. Xfce is nice but too buggy and it takes the team way too long to fix things. Too few developers.

is there a real comparison for all the different DEs available?

>>60433623
What feature from gtk3 do you miss in gtk2?

It works best on my IBM Povertypad.

>>60435264
better dpi scaling

I like MATE.

>>60432686
Uhhh...I installed Xubuntu 16.04 two years ago and tore out of the box. Installing Compton fixed it like always.

Personally, I like XFCE because it's the better flavor of popular, supported Ubuntu.

Vanilla is not customizable and has that shitty dock.

Kubuntu is based on KDE, what else needs to be said?

Xubuntu is supported, has a fast environment, and can adjust the UI to whatever I want. Granted, there is tearing but with Compton it's fixed.

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>>60434505

>>60430513
you fucked it up you cunt

>>60437898
KDE wannabe

KDE is the only logical option.

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GNOME

Fluxbox

KDE is the greatest since it's the only one with thumbnails in the file picker.

>>60430403
Actually yes. Redpilled Ubuntu.

>>60438585
GNOME is shit, you can't even scale to 1.5.

>>60430594
ST is really the only major flaw with xfce. Won't stop me from using xubuntu regardless. Hopefully the developers will find a solution for this in the nearby future.

>>60430403
>Ancient "DE" maintained by a single developer
No thanks. If I wanted old, I'd just use WindowMaker.

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>>60430403
No, that would be GNU Screen.

>>60435249
I wanted that some years ago, and up until today they're still outdated and without much relevant info. But it's more or less accepted that if you want something fast, use xfce, if you want something pretty, use gnome.

>>60438751
How do you do that captcha in that

>>60438864
I don't. I'm bullshitting.

>>60438895
xD

>>60434505
>>60438444
>they don't keep their phones charged up
opinions discarded

>>60438864

buy 4chan pass ;)

>>60430403
LDXE.

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>>60438963
>LDXE.

>install KDE
>cursor changes them when it hovers over window's titlebars
>uninstall KDE

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MATE does just about everything xfce can do but better imo. Whisker menu is the only thing but solus devs are hot on the tail with brisk menu.

Xfce development has slowed down and honestly I just think MATE is better unless you prefer the trimmed down xfce

>>60439131
lol picture FUKKEN SAVED

It's good, but I prefer LDXE for my PC because it's lighter.
Anyway what is the point of fighting "hur dur my DE is best". The good thing about Linux is the variety of options. Everyone has their own setup.

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>>60438625
cool maymay

>>60430403
Yes apart from the fucking 1pixel wide window resize regions

>>60430403
Xfce is the worst de in the worst os in the world, and you should consider psychological help for even thinking about xfce being good, cut your fucking neckbeard, get a real job, and use windows 10, windows 10 is the best os in the world, only linux users are scientists because they need it for their jobs and neetfags.

>>60439913
fuck, that's true. it is annoying as fuck.

>>60439640
Hol up, lemme get my magnifying glass

INSTALL GNOME

>>60439913
>>60440148
This is determined by the window manager theme. You can choose a theme with more space for this.

>XFCE
ugly, shit tier hi-dpi support

>tfw fell for the budgie meme and never looked back

Yes

/thread

>>60440851
wrong

>>60430403
Yes

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5 2
(XFCE )


solve this

>>60430403
Yes

>>60430533
>No. Let me know when it doesn't need a third-party compositor because of tearing.
>>60430594
>It'd be fine if it didn't cause screen tearing because the built in compositor is a pile of shit.
>>60438124
>>60434200
>>60434218
Sync to Vblank now works in the compositor fuckstick. Even if it doesn't there's driver-enforced vsync and compton

>>60441682
I did this as well but the uneven icons and the padding beside the menu fuck with my autism.
>>60439953
you sound mad that Xfce is lighter than a half-featured WM

>>60439640
>Yet another idiot that doesn't know what it means to have thumbnails in the file picker