probably not a huge deal, but bigger implications

Posted Jun 24, 2025 6:39 UTC (Tue) by joib (subscriber, #8541)
In reply to: probably not a huge deal, but bigger implications by jzb
Parent article: GNOME deepens systemd dependencies

CDE was(is?) hideous, but I used xfce 2.x for some years due to being used to the UI from using a precursor to CDE at a summer job (HP VUE).

Not sure whether I should be happy or horrified that it's possible to recreate that look with modern xfce. ;-)

CDE as XFCE gateway

Posted Jun 24, 2025 12:26 UTC (Tue) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

Yes! I had a job on Solaris running CDE, and I discovered XFCE which at the time was very CDE-like.

I'm still happily using XFCE4 even though it's no longer particularly CDE-like. The XFCE developers are very conservative about changes to look and feel, and my muscle memory appreciates that.