Hello there,
I'm a relatively new Fedora user, but I've been using Xfce on and off on
several distros such as Xubuntu, Mint, Debian, and Arch.
From my understanding, Fedora spins tend to provide desktop experiences
that are close to the default setting for Gnome, Plasma, Xfce, and others.
That's usually a reasonable approach, but in the case of Xfce, I think the
defaults are horrible and give a wrong impression of a lackluster and ugly
desktop environment.
Defaults are usually used in release screenshots and in reviews, and if you
compare Xubuntu and Fedora Xfce, you might get the impression that the
latter is far less polished.
The differences are technically minimal, but can make a bit difference for
newcomers and reviewers.
This morning I installed xfce on my fedora 25 base and I spent about 30
minutes configuring it to a state where it looks good (subjective), works
like I want (highly subjective) and it now is a very pleasant experience.
Here are some things in the settings I did that I feel should be default
behavior, but are not :
- Tile a window to the left / right with Super + Left / Right
- Maximize a window with Super + Up
- Don't drag a window across virtual desktops (since it clashes with snap
to edge behavior)
- Whisker menu
- Don't change focus when you simply scroll over a window
-Orage Time date plugin
Can this kind of straight improvements be implemented in the spin, or has
this already been discussed to death and rejected?
Best regards,