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Xfce 4.8 Desktop Environment Released

Written by Michael Larabel in Desktop on 16 January 2011 at 11:50 PM EST. 9 Comments

After a pre-releases came in November and then another in December, Xfce 4.8 has been officially released today.

This major update to the Xfce desktop environment brings many advancements including ConsoleKit/PolicyKit/udev integration, reduced window clutter, support for browsing remote shares from the Thunar file manager, an improved settings dialog, and much more.

The Xfce 4.8 release can be read about at Xfce.org.

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