Article on Xfce in LWN

[Dennis J. Tuchler]

Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> Oblio wrote:
>   
>>> Do we need to care?
>>> Regards,
>>>       
>> Maybe Xfce should set itself some sort of goal.
>> Something general enough, but still clear.
>>
>> To be leaner than Gnome or KDE.
>> Or to have at most the following apps supported: X, Y, Z, Q...
>> Or to depend at most on N supported libs...
>> Or to...
>>
>> I don't know, something specific to Xfce. I'd vote for speed ;)
>> But my vote is worthless, as I'm not a developer :)
>>     
>
> Why "than GNOME"/"than KDE"? I'd say "Be usable" without any "than XYZ".
>
>   
Who's the competition? I think "smaller than Gnome or KDE" is useful to 
the uninitiated, but comparisons should be made more directly with 
smaller, more agile stuff.

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Dennis J. Tuchler
University City, Missouri 63130
USA

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