XFCE 14.4 has been released and brings some major changes and improvements. Unfortunately, it is too late for Debian user because Debian 10 (buster) has already been released with XFCE 14.2. Luckily, there is a simple way to install XFCE 14.4 on top of Debian 10 Buster.
1. Adding MX Linux Repository
1. Adding MX Linux Repository
MX Linux is a new shining Linux and currently becomes number one distro in Distrowatch rank. MX Linux is built on Debian stable and uses XFCE as the desktop and its repository brings new XFCE 14.4.
Add this following repo to your Debian's sources.list :
deb [trusted=yes] http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo buster main non-free
deb [trusted=yes] http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster main
deb [trusted=yes] http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo buster main non-free
deb [trusted=yes] http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster main
2. Installing
Update your apt cache and upgrade your system :
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
3. Testing
Though it's not an official way, but I've been testing it on my Debian 10 installation, and I don't find any technical issue. XFCE 14.4 runs stable and fast. I hope XFCE 14.4 will be backported to Debian stable soon.
Comments
I just installed xfce 4.14 some days ago and everything works as expected.
To verify de apt sources you must install:
sudo apt install antix-archive-keyring
sudo apt install mx19-archive-keyring