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Re: [debian-knoppix] XFCE4 in Knoppix?



On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 03:13:13PM +0200, Christian Perle wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 14:43:46 +0200, ml wrote:
> 
> > has somebody tried to replace XFCE (version 3) with XFCE4?
> 
> Please don't. XFCE3 _is_ lightweight. XFCE4 is not.

Well, it was lightweight in functionality when I tested it. Maybe I did
something wrong and did not detect any hidden emeralds.
> 
> > FYI: XFCE is a light-weight desktop based on GTK+.  XFCE4 is
> > the new version based on GTK+ 2.
> 
> XFCE4 is a rather bloated desktop, heading towards GNOME/KDE. It is
> based on gtk+ 2 which has unnecessary features like font anti-aliasing
> and such. Of course, it still has a smaller memory footprint than
> GNOME/KDE, but IMHO it goes in the wrong direction.

Did you ever get it working with icons? What about the missing
configuration GUI?

-Klaus
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