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Compare LXQt with alternatives
LXQt vs Budgie
Budgie is a simple, tidy desktop with its own panel and application menu, usually installed through a distribution.
LXQt vs Xfce
Xfce is a modular GTK-based desktop with traditional panels and a settings manager, whose available components depend on your distribution.
LXQt vs MATE
MATE continues the classic GNOME 2 layout, is packaged in many distributions and translated into many languages, with full releases every few years.
LXQt vs Enlightenment
Enlightenment combines window manager, compositor and minimal shell on EFL, runs on Linux and BSD, and has only experimental Wayland support.
LXQt vs IceWM
A lightweight X11 window manager with a taskbar, workspaces and a familiar Windows-like layout.
LXQt vs KDE Plasma
KDE Plasma is also Qt-based but offers a fuller desktop with extensive appearance settings and KDE application integration, at higher resource use.
LXQt vs COSMIC
COSMIC is System76's desktop with configurable workspaces and tiling or floating workflows, requiring a distribution and graphics stack that support it.
LXQt vs Cinnamon
Cinnamon offers a traditional menu, panel and system tray with applets, desklets and extensions, under GPL-2.0.
LXQt vs GNOME
GNOME organises the desktop around an activities overview and workspaces with integrated settings, and is heavier than LXQt with version-matched extensions.