Xfce out-the-box could look better?

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openSUSE TW was my go-to for Xfce, and I found the presentation of it good. No real issues.

I installed FreeBSD a little bit ago, did a basic xfce install, and out-the-box it (imo) blows oS’s default look away; fonts look nicer, the titlebar is no-nonsense at the top of the screen and thin; it’s basic but has a sharper look and less clutter. Bluntly, if FreeBSD was my first presentation of Xfce, I’d likely have more-harsh criticisms about how it looks on oS.

I’m for customization and all that, but I think Xfce could look nicer out-the-box on openSUSE!

  • I think there’s something about the shades of gray or white used; oS feels more-dull
  • FreeBSD fonts out-the-box settings look amazing, surprisingly without doing anything. I was on oS less than an hour ago and this is pretty fresh :stuck_out_tongue:
  • The default SUSE background I think was 1080p. I have a 1080p screen, but the 4K wallpaper looked way-sharper and detailed. No idea the implications, but except on RPi/embedded it’d probably be good to default to the 4K wallpaper.
  • I didn’t think I’d like the default thin menu bars on FreeBSD, but I’m quickly liking it more than oS’s default: it’s quicker and less-clutter
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I came across this unofficial XFCE repo earlier:

Although personally I just install pattern-xfce-xfce in MicroOS & use startx (so xorg does not run as root & there is one less thing to break)

I’ve never liked Gnome or KDE or anything else much other than XFCE for the best part of 20 years - it never breaks.

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