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• Xfce vs CinnamonCinnamon keeps a traditional application menu, panel and system tray like Xfce, and adds applets, desklets and extensions that may need updates for new releases.
• Xfce vs KDE PlasmaKDE Plasma is a full Linux desktop with more extensive appearance settings and widget options than Xfce, integrated with KDE applications and system settings.
• Xfce vs COSMICCOSMIC is System76's desktop with configurable workspaces and built-in tiling alongside floating windows, but it needs a distribution and graphics stack supporting the current release.
• Xfce vs MATEMATE is a traditional Linux desktop continuing the GNOME 2 design, packaged in many distributions, with full releases arriving only every few years.
• Xfce vs GNOMEGNOME replaces Xfce's traditional panels with an activities overview and workspaces, and relies on shell extensions that must match the installed GNOME version.
• Xfce vs LXQtLXQt is a lightweight Qt-based desktop with lower resource use and X11 and Wayland sessions, though with fewer integrated features.
• Xfce vs EnlightenmentEnlightenment combines window manager, compositor and minimal desktop shell on EFL libraries, with experimental Wayland support and source-only releases.
• Xfce vs IceWMA lightweight X11 window manager with a taskbar, workspaces and a familiar Windows-like layout.
• Xfce vs BudgieBudgie is an open source Linux desktop environment with its own panel and application menu, designed to stay simple while remaining customisable.