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Michael .
M
Student
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"XFCE the light weight desktop environment for all my needs."
What do you like best about Xfce?

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.

What do you dislike about Xfce?

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.

Khalil L.
KL
Back End Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best lightweight desktop environment for your low-end machine"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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.

What do you dislike about Xfce?

Because it prioritizes speed and simplicity, Xfce can sometimes feel a bit outdated compared to more modern desktop environments like GNOME or KDE.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.

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Director of Employee Engagement
Retail
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Smooth-running system is crucial"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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.

What do you dislike about Xfce?

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.

Alessandro B.
AB
Senior Analog IC Design Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Positive Linux environment"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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

What do you dislike about Xfce?

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

Calogero L.
CL
IT Services and Audit
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Excellent desktop environment"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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

What do you dislike about Xfce?

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

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"XFCE Desktop Environment"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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

What do you dislike about Xfce?

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.

Bervianto Leo P.
BP
Backend Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Lightweight DE"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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.

What do you dislike about Xfce?

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.

Leonardo C.
LC
Distribuidor independiente
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Xfce"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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 do you dislike about Xfce?

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.

Deepesh S.
DS
Content Writer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"XFCE is the best lightweight desktop environment"
What do you like best about Xfce?

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.

What do you dislike about Xfce?

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.

javier r.
JR
systems administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The best desktop controller"
What do you like best about Xfce?

easy handling, very intuitive, low resources, I have tested it with very limited performance equipment and it works without problems, I am currently using it as the base system in Manjaro Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Xfce?

there is little information regarding some details and one has to resort to unofficial forums. As an extra point, it would be good to have a Latin American community or forum. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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