Xfce is getting a brand-new Wayland compositor called xfwl4 gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/xfce…

#Xfce #Linux #OpenSource

Xfce is getting a brand-new Wayland compositor called xfwl4

The Xfce desktop environment is expanding with plans afoot for a new Wayland compositor called xfwl4.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

They said Xfce was basic…

So I gave it a glow-up. 🪄✨

youtube.com/watch?v=fw4dLnMNec…

#linux #xfce

I use #Linux #distros since 2001

#Conectiva (until its extinction)
#Kurumin (for a short time)
#Xubuntu (first versions)
#Ubuntu (old #GNOME era, for a short time)
#LinuxMint with #XFCE (until now)

Mint

Used it from the get go with #cinnamon and #xfce until some day couldnt get my wireless to work.. so switched to #Manjaro and that was it. Stuck to cinnamon tho 🤗

Xfce 4.20 desktop released with experimental Wayland support gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/xfce…

#Xfce #Linux #OpenSource

Xfce 4.20 desktop released with experimental Wayland support

After two years of work the Xfce team have release Xfce 4.20 which amongst many other things, now has very experimental Wayland support.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

As a long-time XFCE-user I can fully subscribe to the conclusion of this article: »non-GNOME GTK desktop environments need to work together to formulate an answer to the onslaught of libadwaita and the GNOME-ification of GTK. […] If they don’t, there won’t be an XFCE in a few years. What’s the point in developing XFCE if you’re at the mercy of whatever choices GNOME makes?« osnews.com/story/139512/linux-…

#GNOME #XFCE #GTK #libadwaita

So this is it, this is my @PINE64 #PineNote running #ArchLinuxARM and #XFCE desktop.

There are still many things that needs to be done, even booting without UART isn't possible yet. But it's getting there.