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

--jeremy

Just when Ubuntu got Unity so I could do what I wanted with it, they switch back to Gnome!!
But I really have come to love the Gnome under Fedora, so easy pick!

LOL, was about to call rigged since Xfce was listed last, then realized its alphabetical...


Well, now you know what I voted.

I would vote for LXDE if that were included since it is still commonly used. If, LXDE isn't one of the choices, I would vote LXQt which I have used and is like LXDE except it is not as lightweight and uses Qt 5.

Been a user of KDE since version 2.

Ten years ago (at a time people kept insisting that KDE was bloated) I used KDE4 on an old AMD Duron 1295 MHz with 384 MBytes RAM for a couple of years.

with the following open:
• avahi-daemon
• CUPS daemon
• kerry
• beagle daemon
• klipper
• konsole with 2 tabs open
• opensuseupdater-kde
• beagled-helper
• konqueror (with split screen accessing local and network files)
Over four desktops

free -m gave used 360, free 15. Buffers/cache used 96 free 279.

For a desktop created with sensible technology at a time when gnome was still bodging it with their horrendous C preprocessor macro kludge. It still makes me shudder to think of the awfulness that confronted me when trying to learn to use it to create software.

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Xfce

MATE - hands down bar none.

i miss i3wm. (or what i3wm pulls in gentoo for i3wm)

it seems it is
i only use i3wm and a few other components like eom, caja, mate-terminal, google-chrome, x-screensaver, gimp. lxdm to login to X

voted nothing as i do not use bloatware.

second may be what sysrescue-cd ~2 years old download uses not sure what that is

Tough one. Linux has superb choices in DEs for different uses and preferences.

Voted KDE for the combination of usability and prettiness on distros I use most, although I probably spend more time in Xfce (for usability - staying out of the way while making it easy to just get stuff done), but also spend time in Pantheon and JWM (as the Puppies present it.)

I don't customize DEs much, although do add a handful of packages I want (or I like better than the defaults), but rarely remove packages I don't need.

I could see someday, after more time exploring, my preferences becoming more focused and ending up with just one pretty installed distro with lots of packages, one minimalistic installed distro with just the bare minimum to get necessary work done, and one ephemeral portable distro. But I'll probably always keep checking in for what's new.

I'm impressed with several other DEs/WMs, but at some point, you've got to choose.

Plasma by KDE, no doubt about it. It is by far the most powerful, most flexible and best looking of any desktop ever created. And very efficient for all the power it brings you.

I vote for Gnome, it works really nicely in Ubuntu 17.10.

XFCE because it does everything required and is customisable too.
Must admit to being impressed by Gnome and with KDE's various "new" desktops over these last few years and some fancy icons and things but I've not seen anything which makes me want to change from XFCE.

Writing in a vote for LXDE, which I still prefer over LXQT and any other DE I've tried.

Cheers.

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Yes, as cowlitzron also stated likewise here. LXDE deserved a place in the voting.

Lumina

https://lumina-desktop.org/