*Official Announcement:* Ubuntu Studio is switching to XFCE.

[Ralf]

On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 09:02 +1000, Dave wrote:
> Seems like a step in the wrong direction.

+1

Again, XFCE is a good environment, but some things are simple when using
GNOME and become a PITA for other DEs. GNOME is the best choice. Better
switch to a kernel-rt than to switch the DE, if you wish to win
something. Nothing that is relevant for a DAW will be faster when using
XFCE. Tweaks to get better performance can be done by using the
RT-patch, JACK2 from svn etc..