Alexxcon's Software Development Blog

Jan 27,2026 Xfwl4 - The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor We, the Xfce team are excited to share some great news!

Dec 15,2024 Xfce 4.20 released After almost two years of work, we are happy to announce the release of Xfce 4.20.

Dec 01,2024 Xfce 4.20 Pre2 Released Dear Xfce community, I am happy to announce the release of Xfce4.20 pre2.

Nov 15,2024 Wallpaper Contest for Xfce 4.20 open for voting The submission phase for the Xfce 4.20 wallpaper contest is over now, and I am very happy to see numerous contributions.

Nov 01,2024 Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Released Dear Xfce community, I am happy to announce the release of Xfce4.20 pre1.

Apr 23,2024 Xfce is moving from IRC to Matrix After a 6-month trial period, as of April 1, 2024, Xfce moved its official communication channels from IRC to Matrix.

Apr 06,2024 An Estimate on the Total Number of Xfce Users Recently, my wife asked me how many people in total actually use the software I develop in my free time (mostly thunar).

Dec 15,2022 Xfce 4.18 released After almost two years of work, we are happy to announce the release of Xfce 4.18 !

Dec 01,2022 Xfce 4.18 Pre2 Released Dear Xfce community, I am happy to announce the release of Xfce4.18 pre2.

Nov 20,2022 Wallpaper Contest for Xfce 4.18 - End of submissions The submission deadline for the Xfce 4.18 wallpaper contest just ended, and I am happy to see that many submissions!

Oct 20,2022 Wallpaper Contest for Xfce 4.18 Probably you already heared that Xfce 4.18 is planned to be released on 15th Dec. this year.

Xfce accepted to Google Summer of Code 2022 Good news, Xfce has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2022 !

Shiny new things in Thunar thanks to GSoC 2021 GSoC 2021 is over now and I am happy to tell you that both students working on thunar did an excellent job.

Xfce participation in GSoC 2021 I am a bit late with my blog post .. though I suppose better late than never :D This year Xfce applied to the Google Summer of Code program and I am happy to tell you that we accomplished to get 3 slots !

Thunar, GtkAction and a big mess Overview My journey into the GtkAction abysses of Thunar began in the mid of 2019.