From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At 11 Feb 2026 21:05:33 GMT, rbowman  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:50:25 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >   
   > > I have several desktops installed in most of my machines, and I   
   > > don't notice ill effects from that.   
   >   
   > You're lucky. Not everyone's experience is the same.   
   >   
   >   
   > >>    As for Gnome - DOES suck green donkey dicks - and KDE ... hate   
   > >>    'em both. XFCE or LXDE for me ! JUST enough, no bullshit or   
   > >>    excess eye-candy.   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > > Wow, hate... I can not ascribe such strong sentiments to any   
   > > desktop.   
   >   
   > GNOME haters is a big club. Do you know how many new DEs were created   
   > when GNOME3 arrived? I've never used MacOS but as I understand it   
   > Apple people are right at home. GNOME2 was bad enough,   
   >   
   > I'll come right out and say it. I want a DE to look like Windows XP or   
   > Windows 7, not something that belongs on a phone or tablet.   
      
   I like Xfce as a DE, as it is simple and configures easily.   
      
   Unfortunately, the latest NVIDIA drivers have a problem with   
   Xfce compositing, so I can't use them.  Thus, I'm stuck here   
   on Linux 6.18.10 because I need fixed drivers to make the leap   
   to 6.19.   
      
   Stop the presses!  I just came across a workaround that doesn't   
   say "turn off the compositor":   
      
   https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/580-release-feedback-discu   
   sion/341205/1007   
      
   Haven't tried that yet, but it looks promising...   
      
   $ xfwm4 --vblank=off --replace   
      
   --   
   -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 Mem: 258G   
      OS: Linux 6.18.10 D: Mint 22.3 DE: Xfce 4.18 (X11)   
      NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti (24G) (580.105.08)   
      "An error? Impossible! My modem is error correcting."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)