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Back in our [4.4 release post](https://getsol.us/2023/07/08/solus-4-4-released/) we announced that Solus would stop shipping a MATE ISO, mostly because MATE showed no signs of moving away from X11 and towards wayland. At the beginning of this year, we shipped our new XFCE ISO as a beta. And now we're getting ready to ship the _Solus MATE Transition Tool_ to move existing users off of MATE.
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Back in our [4.4 release post](https://getsol.us/2023/07/08/solus-4-4-released/) we announced that Solus would stop shipping a MATE ISO, mostly because MATE showed no signs of moving away from X11 and towards wayland. At the beginning of this year, we shipped our new Xfce ISO as a beta. And now we're getting ready to ship the _Solus MATE Transition Tool_ to move existing users off of MATE.
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## The problem
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MATE and XFCE are similar enough that eager Solusians can, and have, installed XCFE on their MATE machines with nothing more than a couple of `eopkg` commands. We're pretty sure our resident `bash` script enthusiast (ermo) could hammer out a working transition script in an evening. But we want a more polished experience. We know _you_ follow Solus news; after all, you're reading this. However, we assume there are users who dutifully update their systems, but have no interest in keeping up with our blog posts. How do we get their attention and prompt them to move away from MATE?
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MATE and Xfce are similar enough that eager Solusians can, and have, installed XCFE on their MATE machines with nothing more than a couple of `eopkg` commands. We're pretty sure our resident `bash` script enthusiast (ermo) could hammer out a working transition script in an evening. But we want a more polished experience. We know _you_ follow Solus news; after all, you're reading this. However, we assume there are users who dutifully update their systems, but have no interest in keeping up with our blog posts. How do we get their attention and prompt them to move away from MATE?
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## Introducing the Solus MATE Transition Tool
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The MATE Edition is deprecated. XFCE has been included to replace it. See the Solus 4.4 blog post [here](https://getsol.us/2023/07/08/solus-4-4-released/)
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The MATE Edition is deprecated. Xfce has been included to replace it. See the Solus 4.4 blog post [here](https://getsol.us/2023/07/08/solus-4-4-released/)
summary: A quick introduction to the XFCE Edition of Solus
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title: Xfce
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summary: A quick introduction to the Xfce Edition of Solus
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# XFCE Desktop
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# Xfce Desktop
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XFCE is provided by the XFCE Edition of Solus. It is described as:
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Xfce is provided by the Xfce Edition of Solus. It is described as:
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> Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.
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# Desktop Environments
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Solus offers a [multitude of desktop environments](https://getsol.us/solus/experiences/), ranging from the feature-rich and modern Budgie to the traditional XFCE experience. It is recommended to use the ISO for a specific desktop environment but it is possible to install them afterwards if you wish to do try one out.
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Solus offers a [multitude of desktop environments](https://getsol.us/solus/experiences/), ranging from the feature-rich and modern Budgie to the traditional Xfce experience. It is recommended to use the ISO for a specific desktop environment but it is possible to install them afterwards if you wish to do try one out.
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WARNING: Do NOT attempt to install ANY other desktop environments next to KDE Plasma Desktop. This scenario is NOT supported and you will be told so in no uncertain terms if asking for support.
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## Budgie
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The flagship desktop environment / experience of Solus is Budgie. If you have installed either our GNOME or XFCE editions, you can try out and install Budgie by running the following command:
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The flagship desktop environment / experience of Solus is Budgie. If you have installed either our GNOME or Xfce editions, you can try out and install Budgie by running the following command:
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# Do NOT attempt to do this if you are running the KDE Plasma Desktop version of Solus!
Solus offers a GNOME Shell experience that ships out-of-the-box with a variety of extensions. If you have installed either our Budgie or XFCE editions, you can try out and install GNOME Shell by running the following commands:
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Solus offers a GNOME Shell experience that ships out-of-the-box with a variety of extensions. If you have installed either our Budgie or Xfce editions, you can try out and install GNOME Shell by running the following commands:
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# Do NOT attempt to do this if you are running the KDE Plasma Desktop version of Solus!
We plan to deprecate the MATE Desktop, for a similar experience, consider XFCE.
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We plan to deprecate the MATE Desktop, for a similar experience, consider Xfce.
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## XFCE
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## Xfce
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Solus offers the XFCE desktop environment for users preferring a more lightweight experience. It is recommended for existing MATE users. You can install XFCE with the following command:
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Solus offers the Xfce desktop environment for users preferring a more lightweight experience. It is recommended for existing MATE users. You can install Xfce with the following command:
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# Do NOT attempt to do this if you are running the KDE Plasma Desktop version of Solus!
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### GUI - configuring shares via file manager plugins
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The default Solus configuration was written with the `nemo-share` (Budgie and XFCE), `nautilus-share` (GNOME), and `kdenetwork-filesharing` (Plasma) file manager plugins in mind. These plugins allow the user to share folders in an easy and convenient way.
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The default Solus configuration was written with the `nemo-share` (Budgie and Xfce), `nautilus-share` (GNOME), and `kdenetwork-filesharing` (Plasma) file manager plugins in mind. These plugins allow the user to share folders in an easy and convenient way.
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All you need to do is to install either the `caja-extensions` package (which includes the `caja-share` plugin), the `kdenetwork-filesharing` package, the `nautilus-share` package or the `nemo-share` package from the Software Center and enable the relevant Samba services.
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