Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for X11-based systems, designed for fast execution and low memory footprint. The latest incarnation, version 4, is based on GTK+, version 2.

In February of 2004, I took over maintainership of Xfce’s xfdesktop module. Xfdesktop is responsible for drawing the desktop background, as well as displaying a right-click applications menu and a middle-click window menu. Since I became maintainer, I’ve made various improvements to the codebase.

I intend this page to be an overview of the things I’m doing with regard to xfdesktop and Xfce. Planet Foo-Projects is a good place to look if you’re interested in things the other Xfce (and Lunar) developers are working on. Occasionally I write about Xfce in my weblog.

If you’re looking for the file listing that used to be here, it’s been moved to /projects/xfce4/files/. I’ve also created a GAR-based Xfce4 installer, called GarXfce4.