Xfce Release Feed

Xfce 4.20 released

2024-12-15T12:01:13+01:00

Xfce 4.20 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.20.0
  garcon 4.20.0
  libxfce4ui 4.20.0
  libxfce4util 4.20.0
  libxfce4windowing 4.20.0
  thunar 4.20.0
  thunar-volman 4.20.0
  tumbler 4.20.0
  xfce4-appfinder 4.20.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.20.0
  xfce4-panel 4.20.0
  xfce4-power-manager 4.20.0
  xfce4-session 4.20.0
  xfce4-settings 4.20.0
  xfconf 4.20.0
  xfdesktop 4.20.0
  xfwm4 4.20.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.20/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.20/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.20
======================

After two years of work, we are happy to announce the release of Xfce
4.20!

Xfce 4.20 is a new stable version which supersedes Xfce 4.18.

You can find a release post summarizing the main changes of this
release
here: https://xfce.org/about/news

An online tour of the (visual) changes in Xfce 4.20 can be viewed here:
https://www.xfce.org/about/tour420

A detailed overview of the changes between Xfce 4.18 and Xfce 4.20 can
be found here: https://www.xfce.org/download/changelogs

Best regards,
The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.20pre2 released

2024-12-01T16:43:38+01:00

Xfce 4.20pre2 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.19.2
  garcon 4.19.3
  libxfce4ui 4.19.7
  libxfce4util 4.19.5
  libxfce4windowing 4.19.10
  thunar 4.19.5
  thunar-volman 4.19.1
  tumbler 4.19.3
  xfce4-appfinder 4.19.4
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.19.4
  xfce4-panel 4.19.7
  xfce4-power-manager 4.19.5
  xfce4-session 4.19.4
  xfce4-settings 4.19.4
  xfconf 4.19.5
  xfdesktop 4.19.7
  xfwm4 4.19.1

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.20pre2/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.20pre2/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.20pre2
==========================

We are pleased to announce this second pre-release on the way to Xfce
4.20.

This is a platform release. For a detailed list of changes, please refer
to the release notes of the individual components.

The final Xfce 4.20 release is planned for 15. December. For a detailed
release schedule, please refer to our roadmap:
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.20/roadmap

Testing would be much appreciated!

Xfce 4.20pre1 released

2024-11-01T22:44:06+01:00

Xfce 4.20pre1 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.19.1
  garcon 4.19.2
  libxfce4ui 4.19.6
  libxfce4util 4.19.4
  libxfce4windowing 4.19.9
  thunar 4.19.4
  thunar-volman 4.19.0
  tumbler 4.19.2
  xfce4-appfinder 4.19.3
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.19.4
  xfce4-panel 4.19.6
  xfce4-power-manager 4.19.4
  xfce4-session 4.19.3
  xfce4-settings 4.19.3
  xfconf 4.19.4
  xfdesktop 4.19.6
  xfwm4 4.19.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.20pre1/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.20pre1/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.20pre1
==========================

We are pleased to announce this first pre-release on the way to Xfce
4.20.

Relevant information for packagers (and users):
- libxfce4windowing is a new component
- Wayland support will only be experimental for Xfce 4.20 

This is a platform release. For a detailed list of changes, please refer
to the release notes of the individual components.

The final Xfce 4.20 release is planned for December. For more
information, please refer to our roadmap:
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.20/roadmap

Testing would be much appreciated!

Xfce 4.18 released

2022-12-15T11:23:16+01:00

Xfce 4.18 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.18.0
  garcon 4.18.0
  libxfce4ui 4.18.0
  libxfce4util 4.18.0
  thunar 4.18.0
  thunar-volman 4.18.0
  tumbler 4.18.0
  xfce4-appfinder 4.18.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.18.0
  xfce4-panel 4.18.0
  xfce4-power-manager 4.18.0
  xfce4-session 4.18.0
  xfce4-settings 4.18.0
  xfconf 4.18.0
  xfdesktop 4.18.0
  xfwm4 4.18.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.18/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.18/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.18
======================

After almost two years of work, we are happy to announce the release of
Xfce 4.18 !

Xfce 4.18 is a new stable version which supersedes Xfce 4.16.

You can find a release post summarizing the main changes of this release
here: https://xfce.org/about/news

An online tour of the (visual) changes in Xfce 4.18 can be viewed here:
https://www.xfce.org/about/tour418

A detailed overview of the changes between Xfce 4.16 and Xfce 4.18 can
be found here: https://www.xfce.org/download/changelogs

Best regards,
The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.18pre2 released

2022-12-01T16:37:32+01:00

Xfce 4.18pre2 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.17.4
  garcon 4.17.3
  libxfce4ui 4.17.9
  libxfce4util 4.17.4
  thunar 4.17.12
  thunar-volman 4.17.1
  tumbler 4.17.3
  xfce4-appfinder 4.17.2
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.17.2
  xfce4-panel 4.17.5
  xfce4-power-manager 4.17.1
  xfce4-session 4.17.2
  xfce4-settings 4.17.3
  xfconf 4.17.2
  xfdesktop 4.17.2
  xfwm4 4.17.2

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.18pre2/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.18pre2/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.18pre2
==========================

We are pleased to announce this second pre-release on the way to Xfce
4.18.

This is a platform release. For a detailed list of changes, please refer
to the release notes of the individual components.

The final Xfce 4.18 release is planned for 15. December. For a detailed
release schedule, please refer to our roadmap:
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.18/roadmap

Testing would be much appreciated!

Xfce 4.18pre1 released

2022-11-01T14:45:28+01:00

Xfce 4.18pre1 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.17.3
  garcon 4.17.2
  libxfce4ui 4.17.8
  libxfce4util 4.17.3
  thunar 4.17.11
  thunar-volman 4.17.0
  tumbler 4.17.3
  xfce4-appfinder 4.17.1
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.17.1
  xfce4-panel 4.17.4
  xfce4-power-manager 4.17.0
  xfce4-session 4.17.1
  xfce4-settings 4.17.0
  xfconf 4.17.0
  xfdesktop 4.17.1
  xfwm4 4.17.1

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.18pre1/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.18pre1/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.18pre1
==========================

We are pleased to announce this first pre-release on the way to Xfce
4.18.

This is a platform release. For a detailed list of changes, please refer
to the release notes of the individual components.

The final Xfce 4.18 release is planned for December. For a detailed
release schedule, please refer to our roadmap:
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.18/roadmap

Testing would be much appreciated!

Xfce 4.16 released

2020-12-23T00:53:45+01:00

Xfce 4.16 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.16.0
  garcon 0.8.0
  libxfce4ui 4.16.0
  libxfce4util 4.16.0
  thunar 4.16.0
  thunar-volman 4.16.0
  tumbler 4.16.0
  xfce4-appfinder 4.16.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.16.0
  xfce4-panel 4.16.0
  xfce4-power-manager 4.16.0
  xfce4-session 4.16.0
  xfce4-settings 4.16.0
  xfconf 4.16.0
  xfdesktop 4.16.0
  xfwm4 4.16.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.16
======================

Xfce 4.16 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.16.0
  garcon 0.8.0
  libxfce4ui 4.16.0
  libxfce4util 4.16.0
  thunar 4.16.0
  thunar-volman 4.16.0
  tumbler 4.16.0
  xfce4-appfinder 4.16.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.16.0
  xfce4-panel 4.16.0
  xfce4-power-manager 4.16.0
  xfce4-session 4.16.0
  xfce4-settings 4.16.0
  xfconf 4.16.0
  xfdesktop 4.16.0
  xfwm4 4.16.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.16
======================

Today, after 1 year and 4 months of work, we are happy to announce the
release of the Xfce desktop 4.16, a new stable version that supersedes
Xfce 4.14.

You can find a release post summarizing the main changes of this release
here:
https://xfce.org/about/news

An online tour of the (visual) changes in Xfce 4.16 can be viewed here:
https://www.xfce.org/about/tour416

A detailed overview of the changes between Xfce 4.14 and Xfce 4.16 can
be found here:
https://www.xfce.org/download/changelogs

Xfce 4.16pre2 released

2020-11-19T23:34:46+01:00

Xfce 4.16pre2 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.15.3
  garcon 0.7.2
  libxfce4ui 4.15.5
  libxfce4util 4.15.4
  thunar 4.15.3
  thunar-volman 4.15.1
  tumbler 0.3.1
  xfce4-appfinder 4.15.2
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.15.1
  xfce4-panel 4.15.5
  xfce4-power-manager 1.7.1
  xfce4-session 4.15.1
  xfce4-settings 4.15.3
  xfconf 4.15.1
  xfdesktop 4.15.1
  xfwm4 4.15.3

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16pre2/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16pre2/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.16pre2
==========================

We are happy to announce the second - and potentially last - pre-release
leading up to Xfce 4.16!

Please note that this is a platform release: For a detailed list of
changes please refer to the release notes of the individual components.
A blog post with an overview of the highlights will follow in the coming
days.

For our release schedule please refer to our roadmap page for Xfce
4.16:
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.16/roadmap

Xfce 4.16pre1 released

2020-08-27T23:30:34+02:00

Xfce 4.16pre1 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 4.15.2
  garcon 0.7.1
  libxfce4ui 4.15.3
  libxfce4util 4.15.3
  thunar 4.15.2
  thunar-volman 4.15.0
  tumbler 0.3.0
  xfce4-appfinder 4.15.1
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.15.0
  xfce4-panel 4.15.4
  xfce4-power-manager 1.7.0
  xfce4-session 4.15.0
  xfce4-settings 4.15.2
  xfconf 4.15.0
  xfdesktop 4.15.0
  xfwm4 4.15.1

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16pre1/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.16pre1/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.16pre1
==========================

We are pleased to release the first pre-release leading up to Xfce
4.16!

This is a platform release.
For a detailed list of changes please refer to the release notes of the
individual components. A blog post with an overview of the highlights
will follow in the coming days.

For our release schedule please refer to our roadmap page for Xfce 4.16:
https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.16/roadmap

Xfce 4.14 released

2019-08-12T02:50:45+02:00

Xfce 4.14 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.12.8
  garcon 0.6.4
  libxfce4ui 4.14.1
  libxfce4util 4.14.0
  thunar 1.8.9
  thunar-volman 0.9.5
  tumbler 0.2.7
  xfce4-appfinder 4.14.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.14.0
  xfce4-panel 4.14.0
  xfce4-power-manager 1.6.5
  xfce4-session 4.14.0
  xfce4-settings 4.14.0
  xfconf 4.14.1
  xfdesktop 4.14.1
  xfwm4 4.14.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.14
======================

Today, after 4 years and 5 months of work, we are pleased to announce
the release of the Xfce desktop 4.14, a new stable version that
supersedes Xfce 4.12.

A human-readable summary of all changes will be published as a news
entry on our main website: http://xfce.alteroot.org/about/news
For a detailed list of changes please refer to the changelog:
https://www.xfce.org/download/changelogs/4.14

Xfce 4.14pre3 released

2019-07-28T21:43:39+02:00

Xfce 4.14pre3 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.12.7
  garcon 0.6.4
  libxfce4ui 4.13.7
  libxfce4util 4.13.5
  thunar 1.8.8
  thunar-volman 0.9.4
  tumbler 0.2.6
  xfce4-appfinder 4.13.5
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.13.0
  xfce4-panel 4.13.7
  xfce4-power-manager 1.6.4
  xfce4-session 4.13.4
  xfce4-settings 4.13.8
  xfconf 4.13.8
  xfdesktop 4.13.6
  xfwm4 4.13.4

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre3/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre3/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.14pre3
==========================

Xfce 4.14pre2 released

2019-07-01T00:55:48+02:00

Xfce 4.14pre2 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.12.6
  garcon 0.6.3
  libxfce4ui 4.13.6
  libxfce4util 4.13.4
  thunar 1.8.7
  thunar-volman 0.9.3
  tumbler 0.2.5
  xfce4-appfinder 4.13.4
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.13.0
  xfce4-panel 4.13.6
  xfce4-power-manager 1.6.3
  xfce4-session 4.13.3
  xfce4-settings 4.13.7
  xfconf 4.13.8
  xfdesktop 4.13.5
  xfwm4 4.13.3

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre2/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre2/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.14pre2
==========================

This is a platform release.
For a detailed list of changes please refer to the release notes of the
individual components.

Xfce 4.14pre1 released

2019-05-20T09:15:40+02:00

Xfce 4.14pre1 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.12.5
  garcon 0.6.2
  libxfce4ui 4.13.5
  libxfce4util 4.13.3
  thunar 1.8.6
  thunar-volman 0.9.2
  tumbler 0.2.4
  xfce4-appfinder 4.13.3
  xfce4-panel 4.13.5
  xfce4-power-manager 1.6.2
  xfce4-session 4.13.2
  xfce4-settings 4.13.6
  xfconf 4.13.7
  xfdesktop 4.13.4
  xfwm4 4.13.2

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre1/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre1/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.14pre1
==========================

Xfce 4.12 released

2015-02-28T21:07:16+01:00

Xfce 4.12 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.10.3
  garcon 0.4.0
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.10.0
  libxfce4ui 4.12.0
  libxfce4util 4.12.1
  thunar 1.6.6
  thunar-volman 0.8.1
  tumbler 0.1.31
  xfce4-appfinder 4.12.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.12.0
  xfce4-panel 4.12.0
  xfce4-power-manager 1.4.3
  xfce4-session 4.12.0
  xfce4-settings 4.12.0
  xfconf 4.12.0
  xfdesktop 4.12.0
  xfwm4 4.12.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.12/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.12/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.12
======================

Today, after 2 years and 10 months of work, we are pleased to announce
the release of the Xfce desktop 4.12, a new stable version that
supersedes Xfce 4.10.
This long period can only be explained by how awesome Xfce 4.10 was. But
as all things, it needed some refreshing -  and for that we saw lots of
new contributors providing valuable feedback, features and bugfixes. As
always, Xfce follows its steady pace of evolution without revolution
that seems to match our users' needs.

In this 4.12 cycle, we mainly focused on polishing our user experience
on the desktop and window manager, and on updating some components to
take advantage of newly available technologies.

The main highlights of this release are:

- The window manager gained a new themable Alt+Tab dialog with optional
  windows preview and a list mode. Initial Client side decoration
  support was implemented, window tiling mode was improved providing
  support for corner-tiling, and a new zooming mode was added.
  A HiDPI Xfwm theme was also added.
- The panel can now intelligently hide itself, supports Gtk3 plugins,
  and saw lots of its third-party plugins updated to take full
advantage
  of the features added in 4.10.
- The desktop has a new wallpaper settings dialog, per workspace
  wallpaper support, and better multi-monitor handling. It also
supports
  displaying folder coverart and emblems on icons now.
- 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.
- Support for multi-monitor use was improved in a new display settings
  dialog and a quick setup popup on monitor plugging
- The appearance dialog now showcases previews for icons and themes.
- Xfsettingsd now supports libinput.
- Power management was not forgotten: A new panel plugin was created,
  logind/upower support was added to handle battery/lid/brightness
  events, and locking via light-locker was implemented. The settings
  dialog was also revamped, and support for X11 screenblanking was
  added.
- Our file manager, the beloved Thunar, saw an insane amount of
  improvements: tab support, tons of bug fixes, speed-ups, key
shortcuts
  for custom actions, better naming of file copies and links, nice
  freespace bar in properties, tweaks for the renamer and other
dialogs,
  improved keyboard navigation, fixes for the treeview pane, better
  wallpaper support, Gtk3 bookmarks support, multiple file properties..
  need we say more?
- To prepare the future of Xfce with Gtk3, which no longer requires
  theme engines, we are stopping the development of our Gtk theme
  engine,and dropping our Gtk3 engine - theme makers, please update
  your themes to CSS if you want them to work on the next Xfce version.
- 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.

Xfce wouldn't be what it is right now without all its goodies. In this
area, we also saw a flurry of activity, most notably:

- Xfburn gained BluRay Disc burning support
- Task manager UI was totally revamped, and got ported to Gtk3
- Parole's UI was totally redone, parts of it rewritten with many
  features added. Furthermore it was ported to Gtk3 and gstreamer1.0
- Mousepad was totally rewritten and got an initial port to Gtk3
- Imgur.com support was added to the screenshooter
- A new GNOME-Shell-like dashboard named xfdashboard is now available
- A new alternative menu for the panel named whiskermenu was added
- The GNOME2 hardware monitor plugin was ported to our panel
- Weather plugin got a totally new user interface with powerful
 customization options and provides tons of detailed information
- Eyes plugin uses 3D coordinates to calculate its eye position, so
  even more sometimes scary, sometimes funny eyes will spy on you!
- Netload plugin works with the new udev net interface names and can
  be configured to show transfer rates in the panel
- Clipboard manager plugin optionally displays a QR code
- Cpufreq plugin now supports the intel pstate driver and can adapt
  better for different panel sizes and information displayed
- Nearly all plugins have been improved to give the same look and feel
  and to support the new deskbar panel mode


An online tour of the changes in Xfce 4.12 can be viewed here:

  http://xfce.org/about/tour

A more detailed overview of the changes between Xfce 4.10 and Xfce 4.12
can be found on the following page:

  http://xfce.org/download/changelogs

This release can be downloaded either as a set of individual packages
or as a single fat tarball including all these individual versions:

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.12

**Thank you, everyone!**

A warm thank you all the contributors, translators and packagers for
your efforts in making this release possible. We would also like to
thank our fantastic users and occasional contributors who submitted bug
reports, helped us find issues and sometimes provided patches. We are
currently reviewing all patches sent to us and will include many more
fixes to Xfce in the next release. We would also like to thank the many
people who donated money to our project via Bounty Source
(https://www.bountysource.com/teams/xfce). This will help us meet and
hack on Xfce in the future!

As always, we welcome everyone who would like to contribute to the
development of Xfce!

  http://docs.xfce.org/contribute/start

Best regards,
The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.10 released

2012-04-28T23:26:13+02:00

Xfce 4.10 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.8.0
  garcon 0.2.0
  gtk-xfce-engine 3.0.0
  libxfce4ui 4.10.0
  libxfce4util 4.10.0
  thunar 1.4.0
  thunar-volman 0.8.0
  tumbler 0.1.25
  xfce4-appfinder 4.10.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.10.0
  xfce4-panel 4.10.0
  xfce4-power-manager 1.2.0
  xfce4-session 4.10.0
  xfce4-settings 4.10.0
  xfconf 4.10.0
  xfdesktop 4.10.0
  xfwm4 4.10.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.10
======================

Today, after 1 year and 4 months of work, we are pleased to announce
the
release of the Xfce desktop 4.10, a new stable version that supersedes
Xfce 4.8.

In the 4.10 cycle we mainly focused on polishing the desktop and
improving the user experience in various ways. Highlights of this
release are:

- A new application finder that has been completely rewritten and
  combines the functionality of the old xfce4-appfinder and xfrun4.
- The panel now has an alternative vertical display mode (a deskbar).
  What is more, panel plugins can be arranged in multiple rows, which
  is particularly useful in the deskbar mode.
- A new MIME type editor that allows you to easily change applications
  used for opening different file types. The mouse and touchpad
settings
  dialog and the settings editor were extended in terms of
  functionality. The former now supports tablets in a much better way.
- It is now possible to launch applications and open files on the
  desktop with a single click of the mouse. In addition, the 4.10
  desktop can display thumbnails and automatically advance through the
  wallpaper list.
- The window manager can be configured to tile windows when dragging
  them to the screen edges. The tab window (Alt+Tab) supports more
  flexible theming and cursor key navigation.

An online tour of the changes in Xfce 4.10 can be viewed here:

  http://xfce.org/about/tour

A detailed overview of the changes compared to Xfce 4.8 and Xfce 4.10
preview releases can be found on the following page:

  http://xfce.org/download/changelogs

This release can be downloaded either as a set of individual packages
or as a single fat tarball including all these individual versions:

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10

Thank you all the contributors, bug reporters, as well as translators
and packagers for your efforts in making this release possible.

Best regards,
The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.10pre2 released

2012-04-14T10:41:20+02:00

Xfce 4.10pre2 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.7.3
  garcon 0.1.12
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.99.3
  libxfce4ui 4.9.2
  libxfce4util 4.9.1
  thunar 1.3.2
  thunar-volman 0.7.1
  tumbler 0.1.24
  xfce4-appfinder 4.9.5
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.9.2
  xfce4-panel 4.9.2
  xfce4-power-manager 1.1.0
  xfce4-session 4.9.1
  xfce4-settings 4.9.5
  xfconf 4.9.1
  xfdesktop 4.9.3
  xfwm4 4.9.1

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10pre2/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10pre2/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.10pre2
==========================

The Xfce development team is proud to announce the second preview
release for Xfce 4.10. Together with this preview release, the Xfce
project announces the string and code (only critical bug fixes or
regressions) freeze for the final 4.10 release which is set to be pushed
out to the world on April 28th, 2012.

This release incorporates some new features like improved responsiveness
of file operations in Thunar and tiling improvements in Xfwm4.
Everything else is bug fixes and a _lot_ of translation updates.

A list of all changes is available on:

  http://xfce.org/download/changelogs/4.10pre2

We hope you will enjoy this release. Please give us feedback by sharing
your thoughts, blogging, tweeting or by filing bug reports! With your
help, 4.10 will be the best release ever (at least until 4.12)!

Kind regards and thanks to everyone who has contributed to this
release,

The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.10pre1 released

2012-04-01T14:15:33+02:00

Xfce 4.10pre1 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.7.2
  garcon 0.1.11
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.99.2
  libxfce4ui 4.9.1
  libxfce4util 4.9.0
  thunar 1.3.1
  thunar-volman 0.7.0
  tumbler 0.1.24
  xfce4-appfinder 4.9.4
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.9.1
  xfce4-panel 4.9.1
  xfce4-power-manager 1.0.11
  xfce4-session 4.9.0
  xfce4-settings 4.9.4
  xfconf 4.9.0
  xfdesktop 4.9.2
  xfwm4 4.9.0

Individual tarballs are available for download now:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10pre1/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.10pre1/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.10pre1
==========================

The Xfce development team is proud to announce the first preview release
for Xfce 4.10. Together with this preview release, the Xfce project
announces the feature freeze for the final 4.10 release which is set to
be pushed out to the world on April 28th, 2012.

This release incorporates major changes to the core of the Xfce desktop
environment and hopefully succeeds in fulfilling a number of long time
requests. Among the most notable updates is the new application finder
that merges the functionality of the old appfinder and xfrun4. The Panel
also has a new vertical mode [aka Deskbar] for better space usage on
wide-screen monitors and a new actions plugin.
On the settings side the settings helper is integrated in xfsettingsd,
saving 1 running process. There is also a reworked settings dialog with
categories and pluggable dialogs enabled by default. Basic Synaptics and
Wacom settings in the Mouse settings and a new MIME-Type editor.
Thunar gained a more polished layout to reduce space usage and more
responsive interaction with the thumbnail generator. Because we have not
decided on how to merge the desktop functionality into Thunar yet,
Xfdesktop has instead received various improvements, including
single-click support, desktop icon thumbnails and better pasting of
files. The Session Manager has improved power management code, tips have
been removed and cleanup sessions from the interface. Last but not
least, the Window Manager now has support for tiling windows and arrow
key navigation in the task switcher.

Another big change for users is the removal of user documentation of the
packages and introduction of http://docs.xfce.org. The reason for this
change is the limited contribution of documentation since Xfce 4.8, so
we hope the wiki will attract more contributors. The help buttons in the
interface still work, but you'll be asked to open the documentation
website in your web browser.

Furthermore we dropped xfce-utils. Its content has either been removed
or moved to other Xfce packages. All other dependency changes are listed
in the 4.10pre1 ChangeLog. The Xfce core also gained a couple of new
components because we think they are critical for a minimal desktop:
xfce4-power-manager (power management), tumbler (thumbnail generation
for Thunar and other components), garcon (menu library, was already a
dependency in 4.8), thunar-volman (volume manager for Thunar).

Of course translations also improved a lot, thanks to the amazing work
of our translation teams.

A list of all changes is available on:

  http://xfce.org/download/changelogs/4.10pre1

We hope you will enjoy this release. Please give us feedback by sharing
your thoughts, blogging, tweeting, denting or by filing bug reports.
With your help, 4.10 will be the best release ever (at least until
4.12)!

Kind regards and thanks to everyone who has contributed to this
release,

The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.8 released

2011-01-16T18:46:52+01:00

Xfce 4.8 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.6.0
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.8.0
  libxfce4ui 4.8.0
  libxfce4util 4.8.1
  libxfcegui4 4.8.0
  thunar 1.2.0
  thunar-vfs 1.2.0
  xfce-utils 4.8.0
  xfce4-appfinder 4.8.0
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.8.0
  xfce4-panel 4.8.0
  xfce4-session 4.8.0
  xfce4-settings 4.8.0
  xfconf 4.8.0
  xfdesktop 4.8.0
  xfwm4 4.8.0

Release tarballs can be retrieved from the following mirrors (please
note that it may take a few hours for the mirrors to catch up):

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/src
  http://archive.be.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/src
  http://archive.be2.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/src
  http://archive.se.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/fat_tarballs
  http://archive.be.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/fat_tarballs
  http://archive.be2.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/fat_tarballs
  http://archive.se.xfce.org/xfce/4.8/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.8
=====================

Today, after almost two years of work, we have the special pleasure of
announcing the much awaited release of Xfce 4.8, the new stable version
that supersedes Xfce 4.6.

We hope that everyone will enjoy this release as much as we do. Sadly,
this will not be the case as the folks using any of the BSD systems will
notice a sudden loss of features. We think that this announcement is a
good opportunity to express our disagreement with the recent
"Linux-only" developments in the open source ecosystem, especially with
regards to the utilities we need in desktop environments.

Xfce 4.8 is our attempt to update the Xfce code base to all the new
desktop frameworks that were introduced in the past few years. We hope
that our efforts to drop pieces like ThunarVFS and HAL with GIO, udev,
ConsoleKit and PolicyKit will help bringing the Xfce desktop to modern
distributions. 

With Xfce 4.8 our users will be able to browse remote shares using a
variety of protocols (SFTP, SMB, FTP and many more). The window clutter
has been reduced by merging all file progress dialogs into a single one.


Our panel application has been rewritten, thereby improving positioning,
transparency, item and launcher management. It also introduces a new
menu plugin to view directories. Its plugin framework remains compatible
with 4.6 plugins. 

We also improved our settings dialogs. The display configuration dialog
now supports RandR 1.2, detects screens automatically and allows our
users to pick their favorite resolution, refresh rate, rotation. Screens
can be configured to either work in clone mode or be placed next to each
other. Keyboard selection has become easier and more user-friendly.
Also, the manual settings editor has been updated be more functional.

Aside from the features implemented in Xfce, the 4.8 development cycle
brought us a bunch of other goodies. For the first time we had a serious
release strategy formed after the "Xfce Release and Development Model"
developed at the Ubuntu Desktop Summit in May 2009. A new web
application made release management a lot easier. We worked hard on
improving the situation of Xfce translators which led us to setting up
our own Transifex server. Something else you will hopefully notice is
that our server and mirroring infrastructure has been improved so that
our servers hopefully will not suddenly surrender shortly after this
release announcement.

There is a lot more to discover and we hope a lot of you will give Xfce
4.8 a try! There is a brief tour online on 

  http://xfce.org/ and http://xfce.org/about/tour

A summary of the changes since the 4.8pre3 preview release is available
on the following URL (it also includes links to the changes introduced
in all preview releases):

  http://xfce.org/download/changelogs/4.8.0

2011 has just begun and we are already planning for the future. The 4.10
schedule will be worked on soon and hopefully, we will be able to turn
Xfce into a non-profit organization at this year's FOSDEM, so stay
tuned!  

Until then we hope you will enjoy today's release and join us in
celebrating. Thanks go out to all our contributors, bug reporters as
well as the awesome efforts of our translators and packagers.

Best regards,
The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.8pre3 released

2011-01-02T20:07:40+01:00

Xfce 4.8pre3 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.5.6
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.7.0
  libxfce4ui 4.7.6
  libxfce4util 4.7.5
  libxfcegui4 4.7.0
  thunar 1.1.6
  thunar-vfs 1.1.1
  xfce-utils 4.7.4
  xfce4-appfinder 4.7.2
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.7.4
  xfce4-panel 4.7.7
  xfce4-session 4.7.3
  xfce4-settings 4.7.7
  xfconf 4.7.5
  xfdesktop 4.7.5
  xfwm4 4.7.4

Release tarballs can be retrieved from the following mirrors (please
note that it may take a few hours for the mirrors to catch up):

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8pre3/src
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre3/src
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.8pre3/src
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre3/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8pre3/fat_tarballs
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre3/fat_tarballs
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.8pre3/fat_tarballs
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre3/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.8pre3
=========================

Today we are pleased to announce the third and hopefully final preview
release of Xfce 4.8 which is set to be pushed out to the public on
January 16th, 2011. Compared to Xfce 4.8pre2 this release mostly
features translation updates and bug fixes. 

With christmas and new year's eve between 4.8pre2 and 4.8pre3 it comes
as no surprise that for most components only a few issues were tackled.


Among other things we updated the default keyboard shortcuts to include
monitor keys. The status icon of the file manager's progress dialog is
now properly hidden when the dialog is destroyed. It's wallpaper plugin
is now capable of handling filenames with spaces. The environment
variables of commands launched from the Xfce run dialog were not set
properly, so we fixed that so that commands launched from the dialog
always inherit the environment of the Xfce session. 

We also made the --reboot and --halt parameters of xfce4-session-logout
work again which previously simply logged out the active user. In order
to avoid a race condition at session startup and in order to speed
things up a little more we no longer use xrdb to update xft and cursor
settings and instead, update the related XSETTINGS properties ourselves.


In the window manager xfwm4, we aligned the time period required for a
double click with that of normal applications. Via the hidden option
"/general/mousewheel_rollup" one can now disable windows being rolled up
via the mouse wheel. The window manager now also properly handles
resolution changes in fullscreen windows like those appearing in games.
Xfwm4's application switcher now only appears once in cloned mode. 

This may sound like a few useful fixes but it's nothing compared to the
amount of work that went into the new Xfce panel once again. Around 20+
known bugs and regressions were fixed. Here is a short excerpt of the
complete changelog: Translation domains were fixed for external plugins,
plugins can be reordered with DND again, double-clicking items in the
item editor shows their preferences, dragging items to the item editor
dialog removes them from the panel again, tasklist windows can now be
filtered by monitor. Another issue that appeared recently and has now
been fixed is the icon sizing in the notification area, also known as
the systray.

Xfce 4.8pre3 also features a lot of translation updates, as can be seen
in the complete changelog on

  http://xfce.org/documentation/changelogs/4.8pre3">the complete
changelog

Since we're following the Xfce release model for 4.8, we'd normally
announce code freeze and the creation of early lifecycle support
branches today. We decided against this because there are not enough
people active to take care of all this at the moment. So we will
continue fixing bugs in master branches as we did between 4.8pre2 and
4.8pre3. 

We're hoping that you will enjoy today's release. Thanks a lot to
everyone contributing this time around! We're pretty sure 4.8 is gonna
rock. 

Kind regards,
The Xfce development team

P.S.: Happy new year everyone!

Xfce 4.8pre2 released

2010-12-05T17:18:21+01:00

Xfce 4.8pre2 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.5.5
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.6.0
  libxfce4ui 4.7.5
  libxfce4util 4.7.4
  libxfcegui4 4.7.0
  thunar 1.1.5
  thunar-vfs 1.1.1
  xfce-utils 4.7.3
  xfce4-appfinder 4.7.1
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.7.3
  xfce4-panel 4.7.6
  xfce4-session 4.7.2
  xfce4-settings 4.7.6
  xfconf 4.7.4
  xfdesktop 4.7.4
  xfwm4 4.7.3

Release tarballs can be retrieved from the following mirrors (please
note that it may take a few hours for the mirrors to catch up):

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8pre2/src
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre2/src
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.8pre2/src
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre2/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8pre2/fat_tarballs
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre2/fat_tarballs
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.8pre2/fat_tarballs
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre2/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.8pre2
=========================

We are pleased to announce the second preview release of Xfce 4.8. This
release marks the beginning of the string freeze. From today on until
the final release, strings may no longer be changed in the master branch
of Xfce core components. This will help translators to prepare their
translations for the final release scheduled on January 16th, 2011.

For this release we focused on fixing bugs in all Xfce components.  We
managed to close a great number of them thanks to all the persons who
reported them and tested proposed fixes quickly.

A few minor panel features were added despite feature freeze. We also
managed to work on two long time requests: proper support for editing
the application menu with menu editors (Alacarte being the one that we
tested) and integration with the Compiz viewport. Of course, this
release also features a lot of new and improved translations thanks to
the amazing work of our translation teams.

A list of all changes is available on:

 http://mocha.xfce.org/documentation/changelogs/4.8pre2

We hope you will enjoy this release. Please give us feedback by sharing
your thoughts, blogging, tweeting, denting or by filing bug reports.
With your help, 4.8 will be the best release ever (at least until
4.10)!

Kind regards and thanks to everyone who has contributed to this
release,

The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.8pre1 released

2010-11-07T17:15:58+01:00

Xfce 4.8pre1 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.5.4
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.6.0
  libxfce4ui 4.7.4
  libxfce4util 4.7.3
  libxfcegui4 4.7.0
  thunar 1.1.4
  thunar-vfs 1.1.1
  xfce-utils 4.7.1
  xfce4-appfinder 4.7.1
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.7.3
  xfce4-panel 4.7.4
  xfce4-session 4.7.1
  xfce4-settings 4.7.4
  xfconf 4.7.3
  xfdesktop 4.7.2
  xfwm4 4.7.1

Release tarballs can be retrieved from the following mirrors (please
note that it may take a few hours for the mirrors to catch up):

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8pre1/src
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre1/src
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.8pre1/src
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre1/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.8pre1/fat_tarballs
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre1/fat_tarballs
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.8pre1/fat_tarballs
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.8pre1/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.8pre1
=========================

The Xfce development team is proud to announce the first preview release
for Xfce 4.8. Together with this preview release, the Xfce project
announces the feature freeze for the final 4.8 release which is set to
be pushed out to the world on January 16th, 2011.

This release incorporates major changes to the core of the Xfce desktop
environment and hopefully succeeds in fulfilling a number of long time
requests. Among the most notable updates is that we have ported the
entire Xfce core (Thunar, xfdesktop and thunar-volman in particular)
from ThunarVFS to GIO, bringing remote filesystems to the Xfce desktop.
The panel has been rewritten from scratch and provides better launcher
management and improved multi-head support. The list of new panel
features is too long to mention in its entirety here. Thanks to the new
menu library garcon (formerly known as libxfce4menu, but rewritten once
again) we now support menu editing via a third-party menu editor such as
Alacarte (we do not ship our own yet). Our core libraries have been
streamlined a bit, a good examplle being the newly introduced libxfce4ui
library which is meant to replace libxfcegui4. 

Perhaps the most important achievement we will accomplish with Xfce 4.8
is that, despite suffering from the small size of the development team
from time to time, the core of the desktop environment has been aligned
with today's desktop technologies such as GIO, ConsoleKit, PolicyKit,
udev and many more. A lot of old cruft like has been stripped from the
core as well, as has happened with HAL and ThunarVFS (which is still
around for compatibility reasons).

Thanks to the awesome Transifex translation platform, our language teams
have been able to update their translations at an incredible pace.
Please include them when praising this release!

A complete list of all changes since the latest stable release is
available on

http://mocha.xfce.org/documentation/changelogs/4.8pre1

Below you will find download information for Xfce4.8pre1. Please give
our mirrors a few hours to synchronize. We hope you will enjoy this
release, feel encouraged to blog and tweet about it! Feedback is welcome
in all forms. Bugs can be reported in our bug tracker on
http://bugzilla.xfce.org as usual. We need your help to make Xfce 4.8
our best release ever!

Kind regards and thanks to everyone who has contributed to this
release,

The Xfce development team

Xfce 4.6.2 released

2010-05-23T01:11:30+02:00

Xfce 4.6.2 is now available for download.

It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:

  exo 0.3.107
  gtk-xfce-engine 2.6.0
  libxfce4menu 4.6.2
  libxfce4util 4.6.2
  libxfcegui4 4.6.4
  thunar 1.0.2
  xfce-utils 4.6.2
  xfce4-appfinder 4.6.2
  xfce4-dev-tools 4.6.0
  xfce4-panel 4.6.4
  xfce4-session 4.6.2
  xfce4-settings 4.6.5
  xfconf 4.6.2
  xfdesktop 4.6.2
  xfwm4 4.6.2

Release tarballs can be retrieved from the following mirrors (please
note that it may take a few hours for the mirrors to catch up):

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.6.2/src
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.6.2/src
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.6.2/src
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.6.2/src

A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:

  http://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.6.2/fat_tarballs
  http://www.tx-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.6.2/fat_tarballs
  http://www.p0llux.be/xfce/xfce/4.6.2/fat_tarballs
  http://www.ca-us.xfce.org/archive/xfce/4.6.2/fat_tarballs


Release notes for 4.6.2
=======================

It took a while, but the second bug fix release of Xfce 4.6 is finally
available. Most critical bug fixes already found their way out in
standalone releases, so apart from an annoying bug in the Thunar details
view and a bunch of fixes in Xfwm4 and Xfdesktop there is nothing mayor
in this release.

However the quality of the translations significantly improved since we
switched to Transifex (http://translations.xfce.org), so thanks to all
the translators who contributed to this.

You can find all the changes in this release here: 

http://mocha.xfce.org/documentation/changelogs/4.6.2

Regards,
The Xfce development team