[SOLVED] Linux Mint XFCE close to KDE's end?

[noc]

Hi community! [Sorry for the dead revival subject here]

I'm using Linux Mint as my primary OS for a good 7 years now, and I totally love it.
So after the announcement of KDE's flavor abandonment, I was curious to see if XFCE would keep up with Cinnamon and MATE releases - even if it's a GTK-based DE.

Although I don't use it for my main PC, Mint's XFCE provides an exceptional desktop experience and solid performance for older machines. However, in the last 2 releases (18.2, 18.3) I observed that the thumbnail of XFCE's download page under linuxmint.com is missing, and that's also what happened prior to KDE's end.

So what do you believe? Is it just a mistake not to include it? Is there any case to see only Cinnamon and MATE releases in a few months?

[Schultz]

If there were plans to stop putting out Xfce editions, this forum probably would be on fire.

BTW, I have no idea what thumbnail you're talking about. Everything there looks the same to me.

[Cosmo.]

I have no idea, about which "thumbnails" you are talking. But quite obviously Xfce and Kde editions are listed on the download page as they had been there for years.

[kc1di]

If there were plans to stop putting out Xfce editions, this forum probably would be on fire.

BTW, I have no idea what thumbnail you're talking about. Everything there looks the same to me.

I think he's talking about the little boxes under the main picture they used to scroll revealing xfce and kde but no longer seem to do that.
xfce is still available under all downloads. I would also be surprised if it was dropped as an option since it is a GTK based Desktop also.

[noc]

If there were plans to stop putting out Xfce editions, this forum probably would be on fire.

BTW, I have no idea what thumbnail you're talking about. Everything there looks the same to me.

That makes sense. I'm talking about the main slideshow which usually contained the 4 Mint editions for easy download: https://imgur.com/P4TkueW

[Schultz]

noc wrote:
I'm talking about the main slideshow which usually contained the 4 Mint editions for easy download: https://imgur.com/P4TkueW

You're right, it's not there. It was there in the past? Probably just an oversight. However, the blog posts that they link to exist:
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3480

[noc]

I have no idea, about which "thumbnails" you are talking. But quite obviously Xfce and Kde editions are listed on the download page as they had been there for years.

Sure, it's obvious that everyone can currently download whichever edition they want. Just being curious about xfce not even been presented in the main page.

[Cosmo.]

There is also no "thumbnail" for lmde. Does anybody believe, that Clem writes (in October's blog) about LMDE3 and than gives it up silently? There is also not "thumbnail" for the forum. Who does believe, that it will silently die? There is a page design, which gives room for 5 of those thumbnails, and that's it.

[noc]

noc wrote:
I'm talking about the main slideshow which usually contained the 4 Mint editions for easy download: https://imgur.com/P4TkueW

You're right, it's not there. It was there in the past? Probably just an oversight. However, the blog posts that they link to exist:
https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3480

Yes, when Cinnamon and MATE editions were released, they would update the first two thumbnails with the newer versions (and make the next 2 point to "community" and "user guide", just as it is right now), and later, when KDE and XFCE got released, they would update them too to point to kde and xfce editions respectively.

[noc]

There is also no "thumbnail" for lmde. Does anybody believe, that Clem writes (in October's blog) about LMDE3 and than gives it up silently? There is also not "thumbnail" for the forum. Who does believe, that it will silently die? There is a page design, which gives room for 5 of those thumbnails, and that's it.

There never was a thumbnail for lmde and forums. I know we're talking about (maybe) pointless details here, but it's just some thoughts.

[Cosmo.]

To be honest: I did not visit the main page of linuxmint.com since years. Why should I? I go directly to the subdomain of my interest. So it might be, that the page did look somehow different, but drawing conclusions out of a page design gives nothing than speculations.

if you want real information, read blog.linuxmint.com regularly. Here is something about your topic:

... also thanks to cross-DE frameworks we put in place to support similar environments, such as MATE and Xfce.

As you can see, Mate and Xfce are mentioned side by side without any differentiation. Everything else is coffee grounds reading.

[noc]

To be honest: I did not visit the main page of linuxmint.com since years. Why should I? I go directly to the subdomain of my interest. So it might be, that the page did look somehow different, but drawing conclusions out of a page design gives nothing than speculations.

if you want real information, read blog.linuxmint.com regularly. Here is something about your topic:

... also thanks to cross-DE frameworks we put in place to support similar environments, such as MATE and Xfce.

As you can see, Mate and Xfce are mentioned side by side without any differentiation. Everything else is coffee grounds reading.

Actually I regulary visit both the main page and the blog (now the forums, too! ). It's just this small observation that made me think twice of the xfce version.

Anyway, as I see all of you guys believe nothing but the sensible "xfce isn't going anywhere" phrase, and I'm glad to find out that nothing's wrong with the support of this DE!

Best thing so far is that I find the community here in the forums to be of high standards and friendly, and that matters more than everything

[Lucap]

XFCE = captain slow development.

By the time they fully move over to GTK3 everyone else wil be working on crossing over to GTK4.