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6/14/2025, 11:49:25 PM
>>105594152
>Xfce is the greatest [GTK-based DE] of all time, but Cinnamon is a very close close second
Look, I've used both. I started off with Xfce. I ended up using Cinnamon because of Nemo FM. It's by far the best FM on Linux and it trumps Thunar, Nautilus etc.. Everything else feels gimped and like a toy. So instead of installing both the Xfce and Cinnamon environments to get Nemo under Xfce, I just switched. Other than Nemo and PDF viewer, I don't use any of the X-apps.
Cinnamon is great if you have more than 8GB of RAM. 16-32 GB is ideal. It just flies. It's fast and has a few really nice interface animations which make the OS look modern. Those can be turned off, of course, if you're on a lower specc'd machine.
Cinnamon also has better extensions and applets and they install with a single click. Number of high-quality themes is also higher than what Xfce ecosystem has. They are also compatible with a lot of GNOME stuff which has an even bigger library. Cinnamon is also fairly stable (probably not as stable as Xfce but good enough anyway).
But at the end of the day, I don't really care about the looks. All I care about are features. If I had to go back to Xfce, I would adjust in a day or two. It's just that Cinnamon exists and has nicer integration and is better organized and offers better experience overall (especially if you use Linux Mint distro).
Incidentally, if you use Linux Mint distro, all the backup stuff "just works" which is an amazing feature if you're not a technical person. And even if you are, it's so simple to use that you can do it painlessly and never lose much data.
I don't use LM because I prefer Arch and pacman and rolling release distros. I also partition my disks differently than defaults of most distros so running that kind of a setup is not easy on LM (or Fedora etc.).
>Xfce is the greatest [GTK-based DE] of all time, but Cinnamon is a very close close second
Look, I've used both. I started off with Xfce. I ended up using Cinnamon because of Nemo FM. It's by far the best FM on Linux and it trumps Thunar, Nautilus etc.. Everything else feels gimped and like a toy. So instead of installing both the Xfce and Cinnamon environments to get Nemo under Xfce, I just switched. Other than Nemo and PDF viewer, I don't use any of the X-apps.
Cinnamon is great if you have more than 8GB of RAM. 16-32 GB is ideal. It just flies. It's fast and has a few really nice interface animations which make the OS look modern. Those can be turned off, of course, if you're on a lower specc'd machine.
Cinnamon also has better extensions and applets and they install with a single click. Number of high-quality themes is also higher than what Xfce ecosystem has. They are also compatible with a lot of GNOME stuff which has an even bigger library. Cinnamon is also fairly stable (probably not as stable as Xfce but good enough anyway).
But at the end of the day, I don't really care about the looks. All I care about are features. If I had to go back to Xfce, I would adjust in a day or two. It's just that Cinnamon exists and has nicer integration and is better organized and offers better experience overall (especially if you use Linux Mint distro).
Incidentally, if you use Linux Mint distro, all the backup stuff "just works" which is an amazing feature if you're not a technical person. And even if you are, it's so simple to use that you can do it painlessly and never lose much data.
I don't use LM because I prefer Arch and pacman and rolling release distros. I also partition my disks differently than defaults of most distros so running that kind of a setup is not easy on LM (or Fedora etc.).
6/14/2025, 11:39:24 PM
>>105594152
>Xfce is the greatest [GTK-based DE] of all time, but Cinnamon is a very close close second
Look, I've used both. I started off with Xfce. I ended up using Cinnamon because if Nemo FM. It's by far the best FM on Linux and it trumps Thunar, Nautilus etc.. Everything else feels gimped and like a toy. So instead of installing both the Xfce and Cinnamon environments to get Nemo under Xfce, I just switched.
Cinnamon is great if you have more than 8GB of RAM. 16-32 GB is ideal. It just flies. It's fast and has a few really nice interface animations which make the OS look modern. Those can be turned off, of course, if you're on a lower specc'd machine.
Cinnamon also has better extensions and applets and they install with a click. Number of high-quality themes is also higher than Xfce has.
But at the end of the day, I don't really care about the looks. All I care about is features. If I had to go back to Xfce, it would adjust in a day. It's just that Cinnamon exists and has nicer integration and is better organized and offers better experience overall (especially if you use Linux Mint distro).
>Xfce is the greatest [GTK-based DE] of all time, but Cinnamon is a very close close second
Look, I've used both. I started off with Xfce. I ended up using Cinnamon because if Nemo FM. It's by far the best FM on Linux and it trumps Thunar, Nautilus etc.. Everything else feels gimped and like a toy. So instead of installing both the Xfce and Cinnamon environments to get Nemo under Xfce, I just switched.
Cinnamon is great if you have more than 8GB of RAM. 16-32 GB is ideal. It just flies. It's fast and has a few really nice interface animations which make the OS look modern. Those can be turned off, of course, if you're on a lower specc'd machine.
Cinnamon also has better extensions and applets and they install with a click. Number of high-quality themes is also higher than Xfce has.
But at the end of the day, I don't really care about the looks. All I care about is features. If I had to go back to Xfce, it would adjust in a day. It's just that Cinnamon exists and has nicer integration and is better organized and offers better experience overall (especially if you use Linux Mint distro).
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