So,

>>57240179
lxde is pretty no-frills, windows XP-ish

xfce is more fancy but still not a lot of memory usage, more akin to a mac-like setup by default

On modern systems you should just go with XFCE.

>>57240179
MATE

>>57240200
really?
why?
i have heard reviews, just never got around to getting it.

>>57240179
Never used LXDE.

I find XFCE too buggy.

KDE is the best.

>>57240200
Also acceptable.

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>>57240179
Between those two I'd go with Xfce.

LXQt will be better but it'll take time. LXQt has lxrunner, which is a massive plus. However the Qt file picker is more retarded than that of gtk.

I use Xfce myself

>>57240208
reasons to support your argument? in favour of KDE

>>57240196
right.

Also, how do we purge cinnamon?

>>57240216
how did you theme it that way?
teach me please

and yeah, lxqt is still underway a lot of huge changes

>>57240221
I wasn't making an argument, I was stating an opinion. And to answer your question, I just find it the most polished of all DEs, second only maybe to GNOME, but I don't care much for that either.

>>57240239
yeah, i didnt eman it the argument way, just couldnt find a better word. sorry

yeah, it sure is polished, gotta try it out.

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>>57240234

>>57240216
also, how did you get the volume settings on the top?
i dont have em by default

>>57240272
Are you using a vanilla distro? It's called indicator plugin. look up xfce-mixer

I like MATE

>>57240303
alright, thanks
also, im pretty newb to installing themes on xfce, never got around to get ubuntu look better, ever, so could i have a bit brief tutorial on it please?
Adapta-nokto

>>57240330
You are on Xubuntu, right? I hope it's at least ubuntu 16.04.
1. Install themes:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tista/adapta
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
sudo apt update
sudo apt install adapta-*  arc-icons

2. Install typecatcher

sudo apt install typecatcher

3. Tweak:

3.1. Open typecatcher and install montserat and source code pro
3.2. From appearance pick adapta nokto for themes and arc in icons tab. Select montserat semibold for fonts
3.3. Open window manager panel and pick adapta theme
3.4. Open window manager tweaks and set your preferred opacity of windows
3.5. On Xfce panel, open properties and unlock the panel (find the checkbox). Set opacity to 70%.
3.5. Add, preposition and remove the applets you like
3.6 Tweak appearance in xfce4-terminal

>>57240467
alright thanks, i had done half of it by this comment though.

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>>57240504
I like how Xfce works with almost any themes, that's the reason why I use it over MATE

>>57240550
yeah ...amazing

>>57240467
how do we do 3.6?

Gnome is v comfy

>>57240620
Right click on panel
Click on panel/panel\ preferences
Unlock panel, set alpha to 40 on appearance

Also make a keyboard shortcut that opens xfce4-whiskermenu on windows-key press

>>57240622
you are so damn wrong.
>>57240690
so, um for anything cool we find further, wanna email? or something?

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>>57240690
Oh disregard that

>>57240756
How do you justify using that awful font

>>57240720
raymon.lienhart@gmail

I can't guarantee I'll check emails and I'm pretty new myself

>>57240795
Which one?

>>57240805
The extremely round one that you use for gtk

>>57240805
how do you possibly log out or shutdown without the button at right on the top panel?

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>>57240813
Well I kinda like it

>>57240828
>Log out
I close the lid
>Shut down
I don't, if I have to reboot I can either open whiskermenu or just sudo reboot

>>57240855
oh yeah well, im on an iMac.

>>57240179
Lumina

>>57241150
Garbage, just like BSD

:^)

>>57240179
LXDE, XFCE just feels like a slower version of LXDE.

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Should use LXDE

>>57241258

nice looking desktop

>>57240196
>xfce is more fancy but still not a lot of memory usage
>>57240196

wut?

>>57240208
>KDE is the best.

>highest resource usage, more than even gnome 3 and cinnamin
>looks the worst, inconsistency even worse than windows 10
>comes with worse stock software in comparison to xfce or lxde desktops that do nothing more, look worse, yet are still the most bloated alternatives to any task
nah

>>57240550
What themes are these?

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>>57240550
>tfw using mate-theme on xfce

>>57241258
Nice, reminiscent of Windows Classic.

You kinda blew it with the Rainmeter-looking widgets, thoough.

>>57243224
Zuki themes

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>>57240179
i like my tomy toy computer
it reminds me of windows 10

>>57245941
kekkity kek

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>>57240179
openbox + tint2 + maybe panel

>>57240179
>2016
>using a DE

XFCE is nice and works plus has more options which can be configured with the GUI

LXDE is nice and works but IIRC has GUI configuration for less stuff and opening a terninal to edit a .conf may be needed {{maybe}} i dont really remember but that seemed to be the case which is good for many but not so good if you want to set up everything thru a GUI

in the end just plain openbox-session with a few things from LXDE

gpicview
lxappearance
lxdm
lxmenu-data
lxrandr
openbox
pcmanfm
+fbpanel or whateveryoulike makes a fine desktop

however one last thing comes to mind
LX-projects seem to be more worked on...

>>57240216
LXDE has lxpanelctl run

>>57241171
>using the smiley with a carat nose

>>57241258

What theme is this mannnnn that's beautifffulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

>>57240216
pretty

>>57247040

Kek you retard.

I hate both of them. Rather than have the capabilities of something like KDE but done in a far more bare and utilitarian way, they just remove entire features outright and call it "minimal".

>>57241258
>shoot me now
kek

What is the best between both for a laptop (mostly for the battery)?

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>>57240179
Between those two, XFCE but I'd say Mate is the most polished of the "lightweight" DEs. Just install a launcher that you can open with the start button and you're good to go.

If you don't mind something heavier, just install GNOME and install the extensions you need. Maximus and window buttons alone make a world of a difference. Granted, it took me a good 28 separate extensions to pull off the ideal DE for me but it was well worth the time.

>>57240179
i prefer XFCE but LXDE is a cool lightweight DE.