Qubes OS 3.2 to Use Xfce4 by Default Because KDE 5 Is Bloated, Unstable and Ugly

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Joanna Rutkowska, a member of the Qubes OS project, has published today an interesting ticket to the list of issues for the upcoming Qubes OS 3.2 operating system on the project’s GitHub page.

In the respective ticket, Joanna Rutkowska talks about the promotion of Xfce 4.12 as default desktop environment for Qubes OS 3.2, the next major release of the GNU/Linux distribution based on Fedora Linux and built around the Xen hypervisor and other popular open source technologies.

Qubes OS usually ships with the KDE Plasma desktop environment, but Joanna Rutkowska confesses that they always wanted to get rid of it, but postponed it until later because of other important issues. Qubes OS 3.2 is currently in development, with a first RC (Release Candidate) version published for public testing.

After some rigorous tests, Joanna Rutkowska arrived at the conclusion that t… (read more)

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