XFCE is a set of applications for the X Window System, including a Toolbar, a Window Manager and a Backdrop Manager, designed to provide an easy way to launch other applications of your choice and manage your working environment.

          There is a lot of different toolbars on X, and XFCE is yet another one, but XFCE is really easy to use and configure.

          Unlike many other programs on X Window, XFCE is entirely configurable with the mouse. No need to learn special syntax before writing a configuration file, XFCE does it itself !

          XFCE has a nice 3D look, and provides an interface to XFwm, the XFCE's Window Manager.

          XFCE acts with XFwm just like one of its modules, and communicates with it through a UNIX pipe. In order to initiate this pipe, XFCEis automatically lauched by XFwm on startup. If you wish to know more about the interactions between XFCE and XFwm, and how to configure the Window Manager, refer to sections "Your desktop with XFCE" and "XFwm, XFce's Window Manager" .