Xfce 4.12 released

[shep]

Our session manager was updated to use logind and/or upower if available for hibernate/suspend support. For portability and to respect our users' choices, fallback modes were implemented relying on os-specific backends.

Still looks the best choice for a BSD DE although the mixer interface took a hit.

Due to gstreamer1.0 having dropped the mixer-interface entirely, and xfce4-mixer and xfce4-volumed relying on this interface with gstreamer0.10, our mixer application and volume daemon cannot be ported to 1.0 and are consequently not maintained anymore.

http://www.xfce.org/about/news/?post=1425081600

A note on Xfce's portability

All but one of those screenshots were taken on machines running OpenBSD -current, a good proof that Xfce is still portable and friendly to all Unix systems.

[luciderous]

Great news! I am definitely looking forward to the update. Of all current DEs this looks the sanest. Actually, I would consider it the best DE ever, if not for the unfortunate GPL-licensing.

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by luciderous

I would consider it the best DE ever, if not for the unfortunate GPL-licensing.

I don't care much about Xfce anymore, or any DE for all that matters, but why the fixation about licensing? I mean really, as long as it's not included in the base system, why should we even think about it...?!
It's open source, that's all that really matters for such software.

[luciderous]

Originally Posted by Beastie

why the fixation about licensing? I mean really, as long as it's not included in the base system, why should we even think about it...?

Assumptions of "base system" may differ, and GPL-ed software taints the whole if relied upon. It might be of no significance to those who simply use the software, but as a developer, I'd think twice before submitting patches or other effort to a project that gets my contribution locked in a copyleft cage, without any prospect of making it really free.

[ibara]

Originally Posted by shep

http://www.xfce.org/about/news/?post=1425081600

A note on Xfce's portability

landry@ is an Xfce developer.

[hitest]

Originally Posted by luciderous

Great news! I am definitely looking forward to the update.

Indeed! It is my DE of choice.