I'd been asked to add a set of legacy themes for #xfwm4 to my #crux #xfce repository. I do have a list of things to potentially add to the repo, but this from the 4.10 gtk2 days was not on that list. The source link that was shared with me was from the #slackware 14.1 source tree. 🤔
Still, I did find the actual source, and it's even found in the AUR as well, so I'm sure it's a worthy addition, even if it's been abandoned upstream, it shouldn't be much to "maintain" in the future.
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GNOME 48.2 released with support for restoring tiled/maximized windows to the correct monitor, fix for the launch of terminal commands from the run dialog, other bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-2-desktop-released-with-various-improvements-and-bug-fixes
GNOME Web gets WebKit features page in Settings, where experimental features can be tried out:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Web-Toggle-Features
KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 available with reduced RAM usage by keeping less wallpaper copies, more device types supported by the Bluetooth widget, keyboard shortcuts for changing wallpaper etc.:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Plasma-6.5-Less-Wallpaper-RAM
AlmaLinux 10.0 released with continued for x86-64-v2 (despite RHEL 10 only supporting x86-64-v3), UEFI Secure Boot on ARM platforms, continued SPICE support, tech preview support for KVM virtualization on IBM POWER:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AlmaLinux-10.0-Released
KaOS 2025.05 released with Linux kernel 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3.5, Qt 6.9, KDE Gear 25.04.1, KDE Frameworks 6.14, Qt 5 support dropped, updated packages:
https://9to5linux.com/independent-distro-kaos-2025-05-arrives-with-linux-6-14-and-kde-gear-25-04
Xfce's xfwm4 window manager will get built-in Wayland compositor component using wlroots in Xfce 4.22:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xfce-xfwm4-Merges-Wayland-Code
Rhino Linux launches new community-driven UXBI KDE Plasma 6 port:
https://news.itsfoss.com/rhino-linux-ubxi-kde-desktop/
(Oh no, KDE got unicorned lol)
Out-of-date OpenH264 causing security concerns on Fedora due to a high severity CVE:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-OpenH264-Security-Woe
(FOSS news in comment)
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I'd like to point out that this article is inaccurate as far as official #Xfce development goes.
The merge mentioned in this article is for an unsupported fork of #xfwm4
At this point, there are no plans to take these commits and merge them into the xfwm4 repository at https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4
As far as I can tell, this was kinda sorta retracted/corrected in the comments.
In preparation for some other #documentation that I am currently working on, I "accidentally" managed to build a page of #Xfce keyboard shortcuts for the #xfwm4 window manager and some default application shortcuts.
Perhaps it will be useful.
#ViernesDeEscritorio Otra de mis PC's antiguas, esta del 2003
Compaq Presario C300
CPU Celeron M (32bit) 2GB(Ram)
Distro: #mint 19
Init: #Systemd
Manejador de Ventanas: #xfwm4
Escritorio: #xfce4
Emul. Terminal: #Terminator
#ViernesDeEscritorio Otra de mis PC's antiguas, esta del 2003
Compaq Presario C300
CPU Celeron M (32bit) 2GB(Ram)
Distro: #mint 19
Init: #Systemd
Manejador de Ventanas: #xfwm4
Escritorio: #xfce4
Emul. Terminal: #Terminator
***Aplicaciones:****
Fetch--> #neofetch
Analizador de Espectro --> #cava
Reproductor Multimedia ---> #moc
@Anarcat The #wayland protocol devs should step up and thank #sway developers, who did not need to do the extra work to create wlroots wayland library, which has largely saved the entire wayland ecosystem and allowed it to have a chance. @xfce for example in 4.19 I believe is using wlroots in #xfwm4 if I'm not mistaken. But it still leaves 6 primary compositor libraries to deal with, plus any number of minor ones.
I honestly don't know where we'd be if it were not for the work of #sway
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