My ideal desktop

2026-05-24T13:48:25Z

With the recent resurgence in using and maintaining legacy software with projects like XLibre and gtk2-ng, I started to rethink my own desktop strategy. Did I want to take the easy route and update a lot of legacy gtk2 software? There certainly are enough choices in software that work with gtk. I did build XLibre (on Debian with musl) and gtk2-ng (on Debian with musl and on Windows with original MinGW) from source. I haven't shared the build scripts for XLibre but I did upload some of my build scripts for gtk2-ng in case they may be of use: https://git.devuan.org/lmemsm/bldgtk After the experience, I found myself wanting a more lightweight alternative even more than before. So what would a more lightweight desktop environment look like? Glad you asked.

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