LXDE Alternatives

LXDE is described as 'The "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment' and is a very popular desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to LXDE for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Windows, Wayland and Mac apps. The best LXDE alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LXDE are GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon and LXQt.

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  1. EDE icon
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    Equinox Desktop Environment is simple and small graphical desktop environment for UNIX operating systems

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
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  2. Doorwin icon
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    Doorwin is a professional measurement, take-off, and quotation software for door and window projects. It is designed for architects, manufacturers, PVC and aluminum window companies, and installation teams.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  3. SonicDE icon
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    X11-focused, init-agnostic desktop environment forked from KDE, actively removing Wayland elements, supporting Linux and BSD, working on a Vulkan backend, prioritizing compatibility with X.Org Server and adopting new X11 features without init dependencies.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
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  4. DDE icon
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    DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) is a Desktop Environment (DE) written in Qt for Deepin

    27 DDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Deepin
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  5. Bluetile icon
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    Bluetile is a tiling window manager for Linux, designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop environment. It provides both a traditional, stacking layout mode as well as tiling layouts where windows are arranged to use the entire screen without overlapping.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. The Common Desktop Environment was created by a collaboration of Sun, HP, IBM, DEC, SCO, Fujitsu and Hitachi. Used on a selection of commercial UNIXs, it is now available as open-source software for the first time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. FyneDesk icon
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    FyneDesk is an easy to use Linux/Unix desktop environment following material design. It is built using the Fyne toolkit and is designed to be easy to use as well as easy to develop. We use the Go language and welcome any contributions or feedback for the project.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
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    ProgwiDE - Simple and lightweight DE, made with Tk.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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