Talk:Xfce
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[edit] Pronunciation
A lead search result cites the following: Thankfully, the project lead for Xfce, Olivier Fourdan, corrected me and wrote: "I just pronounce it like 'X-F-C-E' or 'X-F-See.' Also please note that the common spelling is 'Xfce.' 'XFce' was used for some time, but XFCE has been dropped since 1997 at least."
How do you pronounce xfce? --69.42.5.52 22:05, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I've always heard all the letters pronounced, as in 'ex-eff-see-ee'. --maru 16:44, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fedora Core 4
Xfce is not included in the core of FC4, it's in the FC4 extras afaik. So, question is; should the page say that it's included as an optional component in FC? Also, I'd like to hear from a FC4 user what they think.
- I think it's fair enough to say that if you can install it from Fedora Core (with internet or copied packages), that it's optional. ¦ Reisio 14:09, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Xfld redirect
Is there any reason why "Xfld" redirects here instead of having its own article? --SuperTails92 15:24, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
- ...because nobody's made its own article, maybe? Get to work. ¦ Reisio 16:32, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Default desktop environment
The article says that it is the default desktop environment for Slackware. Correct me if I am wrong, but isnt this incorrect? Isnt it so that there is no default DE in slackware and that it is completly up to the user? -- Frap 21:57, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- It doesn't actually say that. It says that Slackware includes Xfce by default ("Some distributions which include Xfce by default: ... Slackware ..."). If that is true or not, I do not know. Andkaha(talk) 23:21, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
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- It currently reads: "Few distributions include Xfce as their default desktop environment, though most include it as an optional component. Some distributions which include Xfce by default:"
- While this is up to some interpretation, by using the word default twice, it strongly suggests that the following distributions use Xfce as their default desktop environment. This makes especially little sense in the case of Gentoo, which installs without GUI. If you then want to use Xfce, you'd type "emerge xfce4" as root while connected to the Internet, which is exactly analogous to how you would install KDE or GNOME. And last time I checked, the Gentoo Live CDs didn't include a GUI either (forum quote: "The Gentoo CDs are for installing Gentoo. There is no GUI mode.").
- The important question is: What kind of distributions (of Linux and *BSD) should be listed here? If "most Linux distributions" include an optional Xfce package or port, there is no point listing them, there are just too many. It would be more interesting to list only those distributions that use Xfce as their default desktop environment, like Xubuntu and I don't know which others. Aragorn2 16:52, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mouse
Completly stupid question: does the mouse have a name?--mimithebrain 04:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
- The developers just refer to it as the "mouse logo".--Ktdreyer 16:34, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merging
I don't support the merger of Xfwm into Xfce as they are clearly different things. The Xfwm article certainly needs expanding however. Secretlondon 00:11, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
I agree on those points since Xfwm is an optional part in various distributions; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfce but only listed as the default desktop in Xubuntu. Therefore a separate entry for Xfwm will lessen duplication among other Xubuntu related entries. The second point is also good for Thunar and Xarchiver which are also mentioned. Gigapenguin 06:56, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
- I am removing the proposed merger from both articles, since I believe the consensus is to keep them seperate. Paul6743 12:21, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
