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Budgie vs LXQt
LXQt is a lightweight Qt-based desktop with lower resource use and X11 and Wayland sessions, but fewer integrated features than larger desktops.- Budgie vs MATE
MATE continues the classic GNOME 2 desktop layout, is packaged in many distributions, but its full releases arrive only every few years. - Budgie vs KDE Plasma
KDE Plasma offers a full Linux desktop with extensive appearance settings, configurable panels and widgets, and integration with KDE applications. - Budgie vs Xfce
Xfce is a modular Linux desktop environment built around traditional panels and a settings manager, whose components distributions can combine as they choose. - Budgie vs Cinnamon
Cinnamon provides a traditional Linux desktop with application menu, panel and system tray, plus applets, desklets and extensions, under GPL-2.0. - Budgie vs COSMIC
COSMIC is System76's desktop environment with configurable workspaces and both tiling and floating workflows, but it needs a distribution and graphics stack supporting its current release. - Budgie vs GNOME
GNOME organizes the Linux desktop around an activities overview and workspaces instead of a traditional panel, and its shell extensions must match the installed version. - Budgie vs Enlightenment
Enlightenment combines window manager, compositor and desktop shell on the EFL libraries, but its Wayland support is experimental and releases are source only.
