The mods try to keep this list clean by only showing Desktops that have received at least one vote on previous years. But to those who feel like trying some new Desktop Environments, I have compiled a very big list at https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comme..._environments/

Very comprehensive list. I didn't aware of some of them. However, seems that distrowatch doesn't agree with you about Zorin desktop

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=zorin

I believe the information on DistroWatch is a bit out of date on this.

Xfce hands down.

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Xfce for the flexibility of setting up panels. I do use some KDE apps.

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XFCE gets my vote this year, not because it's awesome tech, but because they (the XFCE team & contributers) manage to run the project without forgetting that people use their DE and it's important to not ruin the interface between the DE and the users just to chase a shiny dream.

I hope I'm not turning into too much of a curmudgeon.

I'm voting for KDE with KDE 4 in mind. KDE 5 is a disaster and I would switch to almost any other DE before using KDE 5.

Just gave my vote to Xfce. It's plain-looking but it has great usability has great support for multiple monitors, has great HiDPI support, and has great performance. It also doesn't use a compositing manager by default, which makes it good for running in VMs and on gaming systems. I've also been using KDE 5, which looks nicer but which is quite noticeably slower and buggier.

I'd had high hopes for LxQt, but its HiDPI support is... off. The proportions don't look right.

XFCE is greater than Gnome which is greater than KDE which is .....

Been using Rox for years and it works for me.

I've used KDE since the 90's, so when I got Ubuntu for the first time and I had to get used to Gnome, it was painful. I like the idea of their Unity interface even less. I'm glad to be back to KDE. If xfce was more configurable I would likely use it. I'd like something between the light weight of xfce and flexibility of KDE Plasma. And no, Gnome ain't it. So, since I haven't had a truly ideal experience with DE's in the last few years, I don't think I will vote.

I've been using PartedMagic quite a bit lately and it's interface is worth trying. I checked at DistroWatch and it used Openbox, so I'm going to see if I can load that on my computers.

Mint with xfce works for me as it is the only desktop that lets me run an old program called cdcat

Out of interest what am I missing out on using XFCE rather than KDE?
I used to use KDE but since it seems to take me weeks to get my DE right (well, it's never just right) I tend to stick with XFC as it seems to do all I need or want. However, if I'm missing out on somthing KDE has I'll likely spend some time seeing whether it's worth the move.

I have to go with KDE. It's what I have always used and got used to. Plasma 5, as it stands, is just an addendum.

I fell in love with GNOME 2.3 lo these 8 years ago with Ubunutu 8.04, and fell in hate with Unity. Once MATE started up, I fell in love all over again. It's Ubuntu MATE on my ten year old 32-bit Lenovo, and Manjaro MATE on my desktop, which is a little newer than ten years old.