I like Cinnamon and Xfce. I am currently using Xfce everywhere because it's light, fast, and runs well on Linux under Hyper-V (that I am forced to use, enterprise computer).

If your Xfce is misbehaving, you could download the sources, build, and use checkinstall to create a .deb file and install it. I've done it a couple times a while ago, and worked.


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On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 3:18 PM mwilson--- via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I just installed Debian 12 on a new laptop and took Gnome as
desktop/window manager.

I really insist on something more Xerox PARC style.

I had been using Xfce, and liked it until (following Debian 10 software
updates) it began to act strangely.  A few months ago it started to kick
up a huge fuss about difficulties starting the Panel after a restart.
About 2 weeks back, following an upgrade, the Desktop area stopped
displaying anything -- no wallpaper, no icons from the Desktop folder --
just gray.  That prompted this move to Debian 12.

I might go back to Xfce, and assume my troubles just resulted from being 2
major releases back, but before that, what do other people use and like?

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