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• KDE Plasma vs XfceXfce is a modular desktop with traditional panels and a settings manager, whose available version and components depend on your distribution.
• KDE Plasma vs COSMICCOSMIC is System76's desktop with configurable workspaces and built-in tiling and floating workflows, needing a supported distribution and graphics stack.
• KDE Plasma vs CinnamonCinnamon offers a traditional menu, panel and system tray with applets, desklets and extensions, though extensions may need updates for new releases.
• KDE Plasma vs GNOMEGNOME organizes the desktop around an activities overview and workspaces instead of configurable panels, and its shell extensions must match the installed version.
• KDE Plasma vs EnlightenmentEnlightenment is a distinctive lightweight window manager, compositor and desktop shell built on EFL, with Wayland support that is still experimental.
• KDE Plasma vs BudgieBudgie is a simpler desktop environment with its own panel and application menu, designed to stay out of the way while remaining customisable.
• KDE Plasma vs MATEMATE continues the classic GNOME 2 desktop layout and is packaged in many distributions, but full releases arrive only every few years.
• KDE Plasma vs LXQtLXQt is also Qt-based but lighter and more modular, using fewer resources while offering fewer integrated features than KDE Plasma.