Xfce
Xfce is a free
software desktop environment which aims to be fast and lightweight, yet
at the same time being attractive and easy to use. Its configuration is
entirely mouse-driven and the configuration files are hidden from the
desktop user. It is based on the GTK+ 2.x toolkit (like GNOME).
Xfce is mainly used for its ability to run a modern desktop
environment on relatively modest hardware.
The Xfce project contains several separated projects for each
part of
the desktop. The core components include a window manager,
session manager, panel, printing helper, desktop manager, and a
settings manager.
Included in the Xfce project are also various desktop
applications such as a text editor (called Mousepad), a terminal
emulator, a modern file manager (called Thunar),
a frontend CD/DVD
burning application (Xfburn), a simple calendar application, a media
player based on the xine
engine, an image viewer (called Ristretto), an archive manager
(Xarchiver), and more.
Features include:
- Lightweight desktop environment
- Basic and lightweight applications
- Goodies for maximum features
- Xfwm integrates its own compositing manager
- Orage - calendar that integrates well into the Xfce
desktop
- Thunar
- a file manager designed for speed and a low
memory footprint, which resembles Nautilus.
It has advanced features
such as a bulk file renaming capability
- Text editor
- Settings manager to customize your desktop environment
- Session manager - save the current session,
autostart applications, shutdown, reboot, suspend or hibernate your
computer
- Real multiscreen and Xinerama
- Kiosk mode to restrict the configuration
- Configuration is entirely mouse-driven
- Translated in more than 40 languages
- Freedesktop specifications compliance
- Extended Window Manager hints
- Desktop Menus
- Icon themes
- XDG Base directory
- XSETTINGS protocol
- Drag-and-Drop protocol
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