Additional news articles on the topic:

• Xfwl4 Being Developed As New Wayland Compositor For Xfce
• Xfwl4: the roadmap for a Xfce Wayland compositor
• Xfce Begins Work on xfwl4, a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor
• Xfce Desktop Environment Is Getting a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor

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I understand your concern.

At this point, there are no plans to deprecate support for X11. So, if your config is working now with 4.20, it should still continue to work with Xfce 4.22. I can't say for sure how, of if, your concerns will be supported with xfwl4. I'd recommend trying xfwl4 when you are comfortable and file bugs against it if your current config doesn't work.

It's still to be determined if/how the next release of Xfce(4.22) will incorporate the work currently being done with xfwl4.

Thanks for beating me to posting this announcement! Nice to see other folks using this instance.

There are no plans, that I am aware of, for an Xfce-specific Matrix client.

Currently, I am using gomuks, a Go-based terminal client and it is working ok for me, so far. I've also been using the Element app; but, it it too resources intensive for my current desktop.

You're most welcome! Thanks for letting me know I'm not shouting into the void.

Hi. Thanks for sharing your tip. However, I'm not seeing the links to your screenshots.

Could you check your link formatting?

I'm not sure that I understand your comment.

Permissions and access still needs to be managed and abuse mitigated.

gitlab.xfce.org is a self-hosted instance of GitLab and we have to take preventative measures to deal with the creation of spam accounts. Contributors can either do that with SSO from an account they have at either gitlab.com or github.com. This does not require Xfce dev intervention.

If one does not want to use SSO, they can contact us on Matrix and an account will be created manually.

P.S. Xfce does not have any employees. We are all volunteers.

Current desktop screenshot:

Could someone submit a new post here? Perhaps a screenshot of their desktop or perhaps a support question? I'd like to make sure that permissions are OK for the general riff-raff can post here. :-)

Thanks!