![]() ![]() I haven’t used Xfce in a long time, so it was also a good opportunity to find out how this other desktop environment is doing. So I figured I’d give Xubuntu a try, and I must say, I was very, very pleasantly surprised. Then again, I must say that other distributions also seem to have trouble with really utilising the flexibility of KDE4 to its fullest. The Kubuntu guys just do not seem to be able to implement KDE4 to its fullest potential, which is a shame. I’ve tried Kubuntu on a number of occasions, but it just doesn’t come even close to the amount of polish Ubuntu delivers, and it seems to have only gotten worse with the advent of KDE4. I know themes and the like are easy to change, but the brown and orange just had its time, and while it serves its role in giving Ubuntu a distinctive look, it also means having to do extra work to get it to look to my pleasing. ![]() Where Ubuntu fails, in my opinion, is the overall aesthetics of the system. ![]() On top of that, I’m simply biased towards it because it’s Debian-based, and I feel most at home on Debian. It’s easy to install and use, has a good balance between stability and bleeding-edgeness, and makes it very easy to overcome some of the hurdles of desktop Linux such as restricted drivers, encumbered codecs, and non-Free software. I find Ubuntu to be the best Linux distribution there is. This isn’t a review these are just a few quick notes about Xfce and Xubuntu. ![]() As most of you are aware, it’s called Xubuntu, and after trying it out for the first time, I have to say that I find that it provides a better and more coherent experience than Ubuntu (let alone Kubuntu). While we regularly discuss Ubuntu, and to a lesser degree Kubuntu, there’s also a version of Ubuntu tailor-made for the Xfce desktop environment. ![]()
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