Xfce released in 1997 XForms Common Environment rewritten and does not use the XForms toolkit anymore. Xfce aims to be fast and lightweight yet visually appealing and easy to use. Embodies traditional Unix modularity with separately packaged parts to provide all functions of desktop, but can be selected in subsets to suit user needs and preferences. as defined at freedesktop.org. Features based on the GTK toolkit bkut not a GNOME fork. Uses the Xfwm window manager. Configuration is entirely mouse-driven w configuration files hidden. No desktop animations, but supports compositing.