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I can't wait to see what they can do, considering what System76 did with just GNOME.
I don't think anything's going to pry me from XFCE, though, except maybe if 4.20 hasn't made much progress on Wayland.
whats so good about XFCE
It's very bread and butter, but also very customizable. It's also decently lightweight. Not the lightest, but a good compromise between both.
Some distros don't have the best default config, though.
Yes, and the desktop is delightfully simple. Makes older hardware feel new but still looks good enough on modern hardware.
If they support wayland I'm in
It's new, so there's no point of supporting X11. It's Wayland only.
I meant I'm waiting for XFCE to support Wayland haha
Oh I see, fair enough