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Top 9 Desktop Environments in Linux

The best Desktop Environments within the Linux category - based on our collection of reviews & verified products.

KDE Plasma Desktop Xfce KDE LXDE LXQt GNOME i3 MATE Enlightenment

Summary

The top products on this list are KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce, and KDE. All products here are categorized as: Desktop Environments. Software and applications specifically designed for the Linux operating system. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.

    #Linux #Operating Systems #Desktop Environments 66 social mentions

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    Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

    #Linux #Operating Systems #Desktop Environments 19 social mentions

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    KDE

    The KDE® Community is a free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and …

    #Linux #Desktop Environments #Operating Systems 77 social mentions

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    Why will you like it? Less resource needs. You can use it on your less-pricey embedded board or salvaged computer. Component-based design. Don't want something in LXDE, or you don't want to use LXDE but only part of it?

    #Linux #Desktop Environments #Operating Systems 1 social mentions

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    The LXQt team is proud to announce the release of qtermwidget and qterminal, both in version 0. 8. 0. Read more..

    #Linux #Desktop Environments #Operating Systems

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    An easy and elegant way to use your computer, GNOME is designed to put you in control and get things done.

    #Linux #Desktop Environments #Operating Systems 22 social mentions

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    i3

    A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Open Source 89 social mentions

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    The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

    #Linux #Desktop Environments #Operating Systems

  9. Enlightenment is not just a window manager for Linux/X11 and others, but also a whole suite of...

    #Linux #Window Manager #Desktop Environments 4 social mentions

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