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On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:42:52 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>   Not entirely sure if/how Mint has 'contaminated' XFCE.

Mint didn't contaminate it but chose defaults that differ from Debians. 
Most distros add their own secret sauce to a DE. Ubuntu apparently adds 
the 'dash to dock' or a similar extension to GNOME so there is a taskbar. 
Leap 16's GNOME may be purer. It's like Windows 8 or a phone. 

KDE on Arch and Fedora is pretty much the same although there a subtle 
differences.