*Official Announcement:* Ubuntu Studio is switching to XFCE.

[Ralf]

On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 14:32 -0500, Erik Rasmussen wrote:

> it seems to make up for in being lightweight, fast, and reliable.

How much more light weighted? For what kind of usage is it noticeable
faster? I don't agree.

Full ACK regarding to the reliability, but GNOME is reliable too and
more comfortable.
> 
> Another priority of Xfce is adhereance to standards, specifically
> those defined at freedesktop.org.

If you'll use several freedesktop.org-DEs, this could become a PITA
regarding to the appearance of your desktop and main menu.
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