Its a matter of preference really. XFCE is lightweight. I myself use GNOME and XFCE (depends on my daily mood :P) If KDE is heavy for you, you could try XFCE. On Mon 7 Nov, 2016, 13:48 Ben Oliver via arch-general, < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree with all the above. > > XFCE is my go-to when I need a lightweight and reliable DE. > > Otherwise I'm strictly a WM guy - tried xmonad, liked it, but then > found out that i3 has the setup I was using as default, so I switched. > Plain text config files are also nice (although I imagine somewhat > limiting if you actually know Haskell). >