> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>
>> Ok, that sounds like a plan.
>>
>> But which is the default DE for Devuan-- XFCE or Mate?
> It will be Xfce4, since Mate is somehow too big.
>
> Later on, we may still want to have a respin installer and/or liveCD
> with Mate default and anyway Mate is simple to apt-get install.
>
> However the default DE will be Xfce4 and we are also contributing to its
> code in order to keep it away from systemd lockin (thanks Dima!)
> https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11574
>
> Many VUAs love Xfce4 and its team is really a good example of talented
> open source developers with good concerns about usability, compatibility
> and resource consumption. we may want to backport a newer package
> ourselves with a more actual 4.12 (volunteers welcome).
>
It seems we will have to wait a little for Mate, and maybe also
for all the lightweight tiled DE's. Having to wait with Xfce4 is not a
pain. It is simple, has a neat look and any beginner should find it easy
to use. It's look and its panel are easy to configure.
Xfce4 is probably the best choice for a default, both for the
technical reasons given by Jaromil, and for its usability by everybody.
Thanks again Dima!
Didier
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