LxQt

same flexible who lxde. fast and lightweight but not minder powerful as other.

Extremely happy with KDE Plasma. I like how light and fast it has become during the past year, and even got more features it already had.

OK, FVWM is under window managers, but it should be under DE too. It does everything I want from a DE without the bloat and clutter of some others.

Xfce, because:
- I had to work at it to get it to work after the update to 4.14 on OpenBSD stable (had to turn off compositing), which involved learning about X.org, and catfish still isn’t working for me there
- It’s what I use on the only new Linux installation I did in 2019, SlackwareARM -current on Raspberry Pi 4 (Use Raspbian also on RPi from time to time, but use Slack a lot more.)

I could add that Xubuntu worked trouble-free in 2019. No trouble with an Xfce update, no weird systemd hiccups, no weird Ubuntu-specific behaviour. But that shouldn’t be remarkable.

TKS

LXDE

Xfce. As one of its developers once said, it does the job without getting in your face or under your feet.

Hi DM. I like that saying. Xfce would be a firm 2nd favorite of mine after Mate.

Voted LXQt. Run it on Debian Testing. It uses XFWM4 from XFCE by default but can us Openbox if you want a really lightweight, but uninteresting look. While it still has a few rough edges, LXQt, with it's QT widgets, makes for a fast pretty desktop that currently suits my needs.

Plasma on my flagship desktop
MATE on my craptop

KDE Plasma is what I use and much prefer. However, I have used Xfce and MATE before.

I used to LOVE KDE a long time ago - then it in went to shit.
I tried Debian Buster with the KDE plasma and I LOVE it. It seems to be completely stable and fast now - seems someone has been working overtime...

KDE for me!

When Xfce unfortunately goes to CSD it will end up in last place thanks to it's developers ignoring it's user base by turning Xfce into Gnome. I wish the KDE developers would stop playing stupid and come out with a Whisker menu instead of having three clunky options.

KDE's Plasma dev team have really outdone themselves. I didn't think Plasma 5 would ever be as good at 4 but tbh 5 is better.

The only thing KDE falls short on is all three of it's application menus that feel awkward to use. If KDE would come out with a Whisker menu that looks and functions exactly like the Xfce Whisker menu they would knock it out of the park that no desktop environment could touch it.