Re: MX-21 Xfce or KDE?
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:38 am
Fluxbox ( & Xfce - already on 4.16).
Support for MX and antiX Linux distros
http://www.forum.mxlinux.org/
I agree. I hope MX devs can give us another MX 17/18/19 without CSDs and gtk2 integration for all the Qt and Python apps (uniform theming). It shouldn't be hard if they want to, however the damage Xfce devs did to "systray" might be harder to fix.j2mcgreg wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:35 am XFCE. From a productivity standpoint, I don't see a compelling difference that would make me switch.
dreamer wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:45 amI agree. I hope MX devs can give us another MX 17/18/19 without CSDs and gtk2 integration for all the Qt and Python apps (uniform theming). ....j2mcgreg wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:35 am XFCE. From a productivity standpoint, I don't see a compelling difference that would make me switch.
Thanks for the offer, extra minds and hands on keyboards contributing to development would be a great thing.
gtk2 is pretty much dead, mixing and matching is half the reason for things not being uniform, this should be better with MX-21 as Xfce 4.16 is gtk3.dreamer wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:45 am ... I hope MX devs can give us another MX 17/18/19 without CSDs and gtk2 integration for all the Qt and Python apps (uniform theming). ...
The Xfce 4.14 systray has a lot of issues (well some of it is panel based but yeah), transparent and auto theme switching of the icons is one of them, we have a patched version of the panel in the MX-19 Test Repo because of this. So far, I see no issues with the Xfce 4.16 tray we have in MX-21, then again some folks put in quite a bit of work into getting things ready for it.dreamer wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:45 am ... however the damage Xfce devs did to "systray" might be harder to fix. ...
IMHO I don't think anyone will have major complaints about MX-21 Xfce, its going to be very successful.dreamer wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:45 amIt shouldn't be hard if they want to,
... I think the recipe for success is found in MX 17/18/19. If users can make their MX-21 desktop look like their current desktop it will be a successful upgrade. ...