Thread 106215196

Realistically what's even the difference between these two? And why the fuck are they at each other's necks all week?

>>106215196 (OP)
Xfce is the best DE. Mate is a drink for limp wristed guys who wear cardigans.

>>106215223
Ok but why

>>106215196 (OP)
just use GNOME

>>106215196 (OP)
Mate is, generically speaking, more "complete" than xfce4 in terms of utilities but being the gnome2 fork it's essentially abandonware (even though it was ported to gtk3). Xfce4 conversely has less componenrs but is actively developed.

Imo i prefer xfce4 because is more granular and configurable (and doesn't shit it's pants with some themes).

>mate
mogged by xue

>>106215564
Perish.

richard stallman said if he had to use a desktop environment it would be mate. mate just works it has just what you need. i find that it is less resource intensive than xfce on my t420 personally

>>106215196 (OP)
mate has that non-precise feel like kde

>>106216043
>vaxx shill said
no one cares

>>106216103
Funny, MATE feels snappier than XFCE to me.

>>106216043
>>106216128
MATE is snappier because it's abandonware that hasn't been updated in 30 years

>>106216128
i don't hate mate, i could easily use it and be fine, but it just feels like it was created by someone with personal hygiene issues

>>106216197
>be XFCE
>have same features as a 20 year old desktop
>still manage to be more sluggish
Was this the outcome you were hoping for?

>>106215437
>installs all the MATE/GNOME/KDE/LXQt apps on my Xfce desktop
checkmate

>>106216128
>>106216197
>>106216308
Xfce is demonstrably more responsive than MATE. Average time from activation of a UI element to display in Xfce is a hair under 1ms, whereas in MATE, it is a hair over 2ms. The only DE faster than Xfce is LXQt.

>>106216377
@grok is this true

>>106216352
Well, it's already by default like that, most distro ship xfce bundled with xapps (which are taken directly from Mate).
https://linuxmint-developer-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/xapps.html

just use kde or gnome like a normal person, chud

>>106216570
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh7luJl77bY

>>106216570
I just checked with my stopwatch. 100% checks out.

I use jwm

>>106216128
you forgot to disable the compositor in Xfce

>>106219439
Don't use a compositor in either, so nope.

>>106216377
>The only DE faster than Xfce is LXQt.

>>106216377
>faster than Xfce is LXQt
What other proof do you need that Qt is superior to GTK?

>>106216197
>old is le bad
I think they made the perfect desktop environment and it really doesn't need to be modernized. I love using it on my laptop and I have no need for updates