[10:37] <Parting1990> Hello,
[10:37] <Parting1990> Is there any development happening on XFCE? is it quite slow? what language is used?
[10:38] <brainwash> Parting1990: yes. yes. C.
[10:39] <brainwash> Parting1990: I recommend checking out https://blog.xfce.org/
[10:40] <brainwash> roadmap for Xfce 4.14 https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.14/roadmap
[10:48] <Parting1990> brainwash: ah damn "C" I know python, was hoping I could start contributing
[10:49] <Parting1990> brainwash: thank you, and the community? helpful / friendly?
[10:50] <brainwash> helpful and friendly
[10:51] <brainwash> you could take a look at catfish which is now part of the Xfce project
[10:51] <brainwash> https://docs.xfce.org/apps/catfish/introduction
[10:51] <brainwash> "Powered by Python and GTK, it is fast, flexible, and exceptional at finding files."
[10:53] <brainwash> also, xfce4 panel profiles
[10:53] <brainwash> https://git.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-panel-profiles/about/
[10:57] <Parting1990> awesome, I will be looking into moving to XFCE, trying very hard to find a good community, I like Gnome / Elementary. but want to contribute, and think XFCE has best potentional
[10:57] <Parting1990> Last, is Xubunthu the recommended platform for XFCE?
[11:00] <gnrp> Parting1990: I doubt xubuntu would recommend a particular platform
[11:00] <gnrp> if you want xubuntu or whatever depends on your personal preferences
[11:02] <Parting1990> gnrp: so in terms of best experience, it doesn't really matter, which is the most vanilla ?
[11:07] <brainwash> Parting1990: xubuntu has a customized Xfce session (theme, panel configuration, settings here and there)
[11:08] <brainwash> it also tries to ship with latest Xfce component versions
[11:09] <brainwash> Xubuntu 18.10 has mostly 4.13 components
[11:09] <brainwash> 4.13 being the dev branch of Xfce
[11:14] <Parting1990> brainwash: okay so think best optionwould be xubunthu, think I will give 18.04 or 18.10 a shot, need to see if I really need 18.10 first
[11:14] <Parting1990> as I come from Fedora
[11:14] <brainwash> Fedora has a Xfce spin, doesn't it?
[11:15] <Parting1990> It does but to me its really kitted for Gnome
[11:16] <brainwash> you can customize the Xfce session though
[11:16] <brainwash> to your liking
[11:20] <Parting1990> True, but because its a spin, I just have feeling like it wont be a true experience.
[11:20] <brainwash> xubuntu is a "spin" or flavor of ubuntu
[11:21] <brainwash> I don't know what you mean with "true experience"
[11:22] <Parting1990> so XFCE doesnt have a flagship/preferred distro?
[11:23] <brainwash> not really. one could argue that Xubuntu is that, because it is widely known.
[11:23] <brainwash> two core Xfce devs are part of the Xubuntu team also
[11:24] <ondondil> Xubuntu has much better defaults.
[11:24] <ondondil> Default settings matter. People are lazy
[11:25] <Parting1990> brainwash: perfect thats good enough for me :) excited for this adventure, My home server pc has Xubunthu on it, restarted twice in 2 years. solid
[11:25] <Parting1990> I want to bring Wingpanel to XFCE ;)
[11:27] <brainwash> maybe you can mimic the functionality with xfce4-panel already
[11:28] <Parting1990> brainwash: yeah exactly :)
[11:29] <Parting1990> okay, thanks everybody, this has been exactly what I've been looking for in Linux to start helping on a project, I will go do research and migrate to Xubunthu, then ill be joining one of the Dev Teams, good ay for me to end 2018
[11:30] <brainwash> awesome
[21:21] <xubuntu23d> hola, alguien español ?