XFCE 4.18 has been released: The day according to your roadmap has arrived!
In November, we had reported that there was approximately a little over a month until the XFCE version 4.18 release.
And since, personally, I am a perennial XFCE userWell, that day is today, and many of us have received with pleasure the official announcement that "XFCE 4.18" has been released completely stable.
About XFCE: Next release of XFCE 4.18 in December
And, before starting this post about the official launch Of the version “XFCE 4.18” of the XFCE Desktop environment, we recommend exploring the following related contents, at the end of reading it:
XFCE 4.18 has been released: A big change after 2 years
XFCE 4.18: What's new now that it's been fully released?
According to official launch announcement from XFCE version 4.18In short, these are some news of the many present in it:
File Manager (Thunar)
- List View: The count of files contained in directories can now be displayed in the size column. Therefore, totime it is possible to add a "file creation date" column, and the "configure columns" dialog can be opened with a right click on any column header.
- Preview images: An image preview side panel has been added. Which includes, an "embedded" mode that will not take up any additional space, but will hide parts of the left-hand panel. And a "standalone" mode, which will use a separate panel on the right and display basic information as well.
- Undo and Redo: From now on, it will be poIt is possible to undo basic file operations and redo them. Which covers the operations of: move, rename, delete, link and create. and dBy default, a history of the last 10 operations will be stored, with the possibility of configuring it at will.
The Desktop Dashboard
- In this area, the height can now be adjusted in terms of pixels instead of percentages, and a new feature has been added. option of «keep the panel over the windows». This will allow the windows to extend below the panel instead of being cut at the top. Whereas, there is now only one clock/date widget, instead of two (DateTime/Clock).
Other important news
- xfce4-display-settings got some minor improvements and the ability to decide what to do when new displays are attached.
- When selecting a new theme, there is now the option to automatically set a theme xfwm4 matching, if available.
- Workspace settings will now also work with other window managers, other than xfwm4.
In short, there are many and the best thing is to explore, in detail, all the official announcement.
Summary
In short, if you liked this post about the current release of "XFCE 4.18", and you are for or against some of its novelties, tell us your impressions. On the contrary, we invite you to try it about your current GNU/Linux Distribution or another about a MV, so you can check its potential.
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