Xfce Reviews & Product Details

Without a doubt, the visual appearance of the graphical interface displayed on the desktops of PCs currently running the Xubuntu operating system is the most notable, eye-catching, and distinctive feature of the interface software. In addition, the ease with which it loads on PCs with limited hardware resources makes it ideal for older machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the timer for the default screensaver tends to shift or fail to appear as set in the configuration. It’s not a major issue, but for those of us who code in public places, it’s always best for the screensaver to activate at the time set according to each person’s preferences. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For it's ease of use, if you already know how the windows desktop works, you'll understand how XFCE works, it's just more lightweight than windows therefore it acts quickly and smoothly

It's easy to implement in every distro because it's lightweight and flexible.

For it's customer support, they don't have one, but they have a big community.

I frequently use it daily, 24/7, right now I'm using it as my desktop environment.

Since it's lightweight, there's not much features. For that, they only provide essential features such as a clock, battery (if you're on laptop), task manager, and pulseaudio to name a few.

For it's ease of integration, it's easy to integrate in multiple distros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The downsides of using XFCE is that it's not GNOME where it has more features and functionality like being able to sync your google drive in the file explorer, but I don't need that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Xfce is incredibly lightweight and fast, which makes it perfect for both older machines and modern systems where you want maximum performance. The interface is clean, simple, and highly customizable without being bloated. It strikes a great balance between minimalism and functionality, and the stability is rock solid — it just works without getting in the way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Because it prioritizes speed and simplicity, Xfce can sometimes feel a bit outdated compared to more modern desktop environments like GNOME or KDE. Some of the default themes and design elements look plain, and it takes extra tweaking to make it look polished. Feature-wise, it lacks some of the built-in conveniences and eye candy that other environments provide out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I found it refreshing when compared to heaving desktop environments that slow down my system considerably. Xfce is incredibly fast and efficient. Just on my older hardware menus open immediately and applications start with no delay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The functional feel of Xfce menus is slow compared to the rest of the desktop environment. There is a brief moment of hesitation whenever taking the mouse over submenus, which interferes with the navigation’s fluency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Light, fast and minimal and able to run on old dated machines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Old fashioned style and not so pleasant like other environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

light, occupies very little RAM, very fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

a bit sparse, it should include some additional features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

lightness, simplicity and user experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes it lacks options that are easily accessible in other graphics systems, but it is the price to pay for the lightness Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is the best lightweight BE. It's perfect for an old PC and has smaller specifications. We can use this for daily use. It also does not have many bugs which is really awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't have anything wrong with this. I think it's already awesome and we can use it daily. I think it will be good to modernize this DE a little bit but still have lightweight characteristics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about this operating system is that I can use it with very low-resource equipment. In my case, I am using it on a dual-core machine with 1GB of memory, and I have no problems with its performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I really don't like is that sometimes the browser gets stuck due to resource consumption with the processor. This is no longer an issue with the operating system, but rather with the application itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've been using Linux for well over five years and have used a variety of desktop environments to date. Most of them bog down my system and ruin the computing experience. However, when I tried XFCE, it's fast, responsive, and provides a snappier desktop experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Comparing it to other desktop environments, the animations and visuals of XFCE aren't up to the mark. But given the minimum system resources needed to run XFCE, I think that's a trade you should be ready for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.