Hi, I've packaged the current unstable development releases of Xfce packages. The packages are available in the X11:xfce:Next project on OBS, the project is self-contained and can be added on top of openSUSE 13.1 or Factory. If you want to try it out, just run zypper ar --refresh obs://X11:xfce:Next/openSUSE_(13.1|Factory) X11-xfce-Next zypper dup Don't do this on a production machine though, the updated packages are in a pre-Beta/RC stage and the code is still under development. Note that there is no fixed release date for Xfce 4.12, it will be released depending on when the components are considered ready and the developers have time. libxfce4ui and xfce4-panel 4.11 support GTK 3 so it is possible to write GTK 3-based Xfce applications and panel plugins, however a migration of the core components to GTK 3 is not planned for Xfce 4.12. The X11:xfce:Next project contains the following updates: * libgarcon 0.3.0 * libxfce4ui 4.11.1 * libxfce4util 4.11.0 * parole 0.6.1 * xfce4-appfinder 4.11.0 * xfce4-dev-tools 4.11.0 * xfce4-mixer 4.11.0 * xfce4-panel 4.11.0 * xfce4-session 4.11.0 * xfce4-settings 4.11.2 * xfdesktop 4.11.6 For your convenience a detailed changelog for the above packages is attached to this mail. The obsolete libxfcegui4 library does not build against the new libxfce4ui and libxfce4util so it has been removed together with the following packages which still depend on it and are unmaintained upstream: * xfce4-panel-plugin-radio * xfce4-panel-plugin-quicklauncher * xfce4-panel-plugin-cellmodem The following packages are still maintained but have not been completely ported to libxfce4ui yet and are thus currently broken: * xfce4-panel-plugin-verve * xfce4-panel-plugin-notes -- Guido Berhoerster