Enlightenment
Xfce
i3
LXDE
LXQt
KDE Plasma Desktop
IceWM
Fluxbox
Cinnamon Desktop
KDE Plasma Desktop
Budgie Desktop
Pantheon Desktop
GNOME
Xfce
MATE
LXQt
Enlightenment Cinnamon DesktopCinnamon Desktop might be a bit more popular than Enlightenment. We know about 5 links to it since March 2021 and only 4 links to Enlightenment. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
As for modern and sleek - isn't the default flat theme that's there now just that. It's what everyone wants? Flat? Sleek? Minimal shadows where needed for some borders/depth. Is the problem that it's dark? You can just select one of the light color palettes in the palette selector if that's what you want. Look at enlightenment.org and all the screenshots there now or just try the latest. Source: over 2 years ago
Don't give up too fast - it may be the thing you want exists and it just isn't where you expect it or there's a feature you just don't know is there. It may be it does something differently and it's odd at the start but then you get used to it and then suddenly you can't go back. This happened to people early in the E-0.17 rewrite where E would separate each screen and virtual desktops are switched separately per... Source: over 2 years ago
Hmmm... Not really. e uses about half the memory. I just updated the the about-enlightenment page on enlightenment.org with some numbers I took from an actual installed vm comparing e, xfce, gnome, kde, lxd, and lxqt. e is about 1/4 the mem of kde and even less than lxqt. You might find e is actually more customizable than kde if you dig into themes and how they work. They are sheer mountains of power if you want... Source: over 2 years ago
You could try Enlightenment, an old, forgotten gem. I use a distro designed for it (Elive Linux) but that's optional especially since the betas which are the only supported versions not using Debian Wheezy are using an "outdated-looking" (personally I like it) E16 desktop. Source: about 3 years ago
A Fedora distro with a different desktop (or sometimes a specialized purpose): https://fedoraproject.org/spins/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Fedora, in my eyes, seems to fit what you want to do; it has boatloads of documentation, it "just works" if you want it to with an easy installer. You can also use the DNF package manager to get a lot of programs. And if you dislike how it looks by default, there are many spins. Source: 5 months ago
You can pick the default Fedora with GNOME Desktop or one of the alternative desktops (Fedora Spin for KDE, Cinnamon, LXDE, XFCE, etc). Source: 6 months ago
All of that sounds like a GNOME-specific problem. Please download a Fedora 38 LiveCD with Cinnamon and test everything there. Source: 11 months ago
To piggyback, if you're not a fan of the point-to-point release cycle of Mint, you can check out other distros, such as Fedora, which offer a Cinnamon flavor or spin. Source: about 1 year ago
Xfce - 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.
KDE Plasma Desktop - Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.
i3 - A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
Budgie Desktop - Budgie Desktop is a familiar, modern desktop environment. - GitHub - BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop: Budgie Desktop is a familiar, modern desktop environment.
LXDE - 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?
Pantheon Desktop - Pantheon is the desktop environment of elementary OS. It is written in Vala, using GTK 3 and Granite