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sir7seas

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Registered: 2025-12-03

Posts: 9

Hello XFCE Forum

I would like to welcome you all and wish you a pleasant pre-Christmas period.
I'm actually not new to this forum.
However, I have been using Gnome as my desktop environment for the last few years, and I have also lost my login details for this forum.

Since the end of OS/2 in 2000, I have been trying to switch to Linux.
However, I only succeeded in 2005 with Warty Warthog.
Linux has been my operating system for 20 years now.
I never liked Windows, and after XP, I lost interest completely.
For 15 years, Gnome was my desktop environment and Ubuntu was my distribution.
Then Unity came along and I couldn't get used to it.
I tried and tried, but then I switched to Xubuntu.
I tried Arch with XFCE in the meantime, but returned to Xubuntu.
For the last three years, I've been using Ubuntu (i.e. the Gnome desktop).
I bought an IdeaPad 3, a tablet computer with a touchscreen.
It's supposed to run better with Gnome, but I didn't find that to be the case.
Now I'm coming to the end of my introduction. smile
Last week, I bought a ThinkPad X12. It's a great little detachable. It runs great with Linux.
My first "official act" was to delete Windows 11 Pro from the SSD. I really don't need it, I promise!
This time, Ubuntu (Gnome) didn't make it onto the computer.
I don't like Canonical's push for Snap, and there are also many other issues.
Why bother with Gnome Extensions when you can do it directly in XFCE?
Just think of the panel.
For me, the solution was to use Debian 13 with the XFCE desktop on the new ThinkPad.

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Thinkpad X12
Debian 13 Trixie & XFCE Desktop
Windows trashed