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KDE, because I like qt > gtk

(evil grin) Fluxbox and Enlightenment.

Though I have been using KDE recently on Mageia and have discovered that KDE does tabbed windows, which is one of my favorite Fluxbox features, and can do background slideshows (change the background/wallpaper every unit time), so I'm feeling much more favorably towards KDE than I used to.

There are some features of XFCE that I do like. However, the clunky panel/dock at the bottom of the screen has always been an annoyance and I usually make it go away. Also, I would like the right-click menu much more if it went directly to the list of programs and made all that "settings" stuff a submenu.

XFCE ... with kwin as WM

I got ram, I got good clock cycle, I indulge, ---> KDE
EDIT: I have tried Gnome with Ubuntu and Debian, even though I am forever young due to a head injury at age 8, I find Gnome is catered to the young, and I hate it, too childish, good for pre-school age as far as I'm concerned. I also have used XFCE with Knoppix.

50%50

XFCE can use less resources or vise versa...

XFCE KDE nice but too much too much -- even though I am currently running Fluxbox

A Salix developer once said to me "KDE makes even Mac users way 'Wow!'." It makes me say "Calm down, dear; you're only a desktop."

Know a days what else to do with more power...

Only use a DE if I have to, so obviously XFCE is much lighter on resources - prefer to use Fluxbox.

I have no choice on my desktop -- KDE can't cope with separate X screens on an NVIDIA card. I think I tend to prefer XFCE anyhow though.
That dock/panel/thing at the bottom is absolutely optional and on install XFCE asks how to start -- I always choose "One Empty Panel". as to the right-click menu, I'm not sure what you mean as I ahve mine set to list my applications just like the "Applications" menu?

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One thing I've always liked about KDE is its configurability. I've been having fun turning off bells and silencing whistles.

When I started using Linux with Slackware v. 10.0, I used KDE (the default on Slackware) until it reached a point that it soaked up too many resources (it was over ten years ago and RAM was still measured in MBs). I used XFCE for a while, then switched to Fluxbox, which then became my first choice for a decade and I have learned it pretty much inside and out, with thanks to Klaatu's old "Bad Apples" podcast (now GNUWorldOrder). (Unfortunately, I can't remember which episode it was, but it was in season 5.)

But I must admit I'm becoming fonder of KDE now. (Fortunately, I have lots of RAMs to throw at it.)

I like my OS to boot CLI then Imost often, was in the backseat of a car for six hours round trip yesterday only killed 1/2 my battery withhave fun!

I'm with you. If you have basic maintenance stuff to do, you can do it without bothering with the GUI. Back when I used to self-host my website on Slackware, once I learned a bit about Linux (it's surprising how much you can do when you don't know what you are doing if you just RTFM!), I seldom started X. I did what I had to do and got out.

I think that's one reason that, wherever I wander, I end up back with the elegant simplicity of Slackware.