In the early 2000's, #Linux distros had avoided packaging #Xfce because of its closed toolkit roots even though Xfce had been #OpenSource via the GPL since 1999.
#Slackware was the first major distribution to package Xfce at 3.8 in 2002! #Debian followed with Xfce 4.4 in Etch in 2007.
@linuxuserspace That’s really interesting. I was using it on Gentoo around that time and had no idea it was so controversial. I just needed something for an ancient machine that ran well and still looked nice.
@linuxuserspace fyi @JoeRess . The Linux User Space show have been covering some Linux desktop history recently. An episode or two ago was on CDE, and this one covers XFCE. I found it super interesting. :)
@linuxuserspace About the time Gnome2 went into the dumps, I switched to XFCE, and it's been my daily driver ever since. I've always like that it avoided the drama of other desktops
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