So, a while back I installed Xfce with Chicago95, but was disappointed. Xfce just doesn’t vibe with me, and a strict emulation of Windows95 is not really what I wanted, I just wanted something that “felt” that classic.

So I was gonna give up and just use KDE, until I saw TDE. I think TDE is probably what I’m looking for but I’m concerned about using anything so minor because security.

It TDE secure (for personal use)?

Can a DE even be insecure, or are they all generally as secure as each-other as long as you follow the rules (trustworthy software, closed firewall, install patches fast, and disaster recovery plans)?

What vulnerabilities can a desktop environment even have (edit)?

  • pasdechance@jlai.lu
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    19 hours ago

    It appears to be maintained, which is a point in its favour.

    You could send them a message on their mailing list and ask the question.

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      19 hours ago

      It’s good that it looks to be still maintained, but I imagine their resources are limited with so little market share and it doesn’t look like they have the resources to switch to Wayland (which I assume is more secure).

      I’m not sure my noob questions are worthy of asking the devs directly.

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          18 hours ago

          I started writing out a question, but I realized I need a better understanding of what an insecure desktop environment even means first.