Desktop Environment of the Year
 

If you're looking for Fluxbox, Window Maker, Enlightenment or similar options - they are in the Window Manager of the Year poll.

--jeremy

There is also LXDE: http://lxde.org

LXDE added.

--jeremy

KDE3 vs. KDE4
 

I would be interested in knowing if members prefer KDE3 to KDE4, rather than KDE as a stand alone category. There is a big difference in these two versions of KDE.

I second that.

I strongly prefer KDE 3 to KDE 4. I'm having a hard time voting for a DE because of this. I really rely on KDE 3's features for a lot of things, but just can't get by with KDE 4 and it's weird desktop icon support.

What about FVWM-Crystal and Afterstep?

Would Enlightenment DR17 count as a desktop environment? I know there is no official release candidate, but it is still quite stable and seems to possess all of the internals of a desktop environment (the only out-of-the-box exception being a system tray).

Gnome.

While I am no fan or even user, I would say that the KDE people have had the most guts this year (apart from the strange 'oh-no-4.0-was-only-considered-a-testing-version' comments).
Looking forward to seeing Xfce 4.6 - bound to be interesting.

KDE 4 is not quite there yet, but it gets my vote because my kids think it is cool!

Xfce obviously. Gnome is now bloated, Kde is just too busy...... Lxde doesn't know if it's Gnome or Xfce Lol!

For a lightweight DE I would say LXDE...it still in development but it's coming along nicely.

Gotta be ROX

Always been a big KDE user, switched to Gnome. Voted for Gnome for the first time.

-JJ

Another vote for Rox, especially for older computers.