Project News & Status Updates
Here’s a somewhat quick run-down of some projects with-which I’ll be participating, and some other projects that, while I might not be a direct participant, I am curious to watch develop. Xfce Updates I see the LXDE project get a good amount of attention lately, in large part (I think) because it uses somewhat less [...]
Xfce Documentation Licensing
Greetings! I hope everyone has been enjoying their summers, and that things are progressing along smoothly with the 9.10 release cycle. I want to share a brief note regarding Xfce documentation licensing with the hopes that others could provide some additional points for us to consider. Before I do that, though, let me pause to [...]
Xfce 4.6 is released!
Hot off of the presses comes a release announcement marking the final release of Xfce 4.6! from Stephan Arts <stephan@xfce.org> date Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM subject Xfce 4.6.0 Released!!! After more than two years of development, Xfce 4.6.0 has just been released. Xfce 4.6 features a new configuration backend, a new [...]
8.04 reasons why Ubuntu and Kubuntu users should consider using Xubuntu
With the successful Beta release of Xubuntu 8.04, I got to thinking of some of the qualities that have always drawn me back to using Xubuntu. I know that people have spirited feelings about their desktops of choice in the Linux world, but I thought I’d present a few reasons (8.04 reasons, to be exact) [...]
More Xfce-based choices for users
The Fedora folks continue to update their Xfce live-cd spin. Since their initial efforts using Fedora 8, they’ve made some changes in the look of the spin – for example, using the default Fedora wallpaper and the Mist icon set. Application selection (seemingly an on-going issue with Xfce-based distros – trying to balance being lightweight while still [...]
