# Xfce Desktop Environment

- Xubuntu uses the Xfce desktop environment. This allows the developers to bring you a system which is sleek and useful.
- Xfce is a collection of programs that together provide a full-featured desktop environment.
- Xfce is also a development platform providing several libraries, that help programmers create applications that fit in well with the desktop environment.
- To learn more about Xfce, look in Applications → About Xfce → Info or on the Xfce website.