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October 2011: Five alternatives for GNOME 3 or Ubuntu Unity desktops.

GNOME and Ubuntu Unity are two desktops commonly used in Linux. However, there are other alternatives that may suit your tastes and preferences just as well or even better. Below are 5 examples.

1: XFCE
XFCE is one of the most popular alternative desktops. The newer releases offer everything any desktop user will need and more. Yet even with all the features it offers (including a compositor), it remains incredibly lightweight, fast, and reliable. If you use the Ubuntu distribution, you can easily install XFCE with the command sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop. Or if you want to go with a cleaner XFCE install, just download and install the Xubuntu distribution .

2: Enlightenment
The latest verion of the Enlightenment desktop is verion E17. It can be turned into one heck of a beautiful desktop and can also be used with the new Ecomorph plugin to give it a Compiz-like compositor. However, installing E17 from scratch, is a challenge, rather download and install one of the distributions (such as Elive or Bodhi Linux ) dedicated to bringing Enlightenment to the desktop.

3: Fluxbox
Fluxbox is the desktop of choice when you are either faced with having to manage slower, older hardware or you simply want the most minimal desktop you can find. The advantage with that minimalism comes some incredible speed. However this minimalism comes a lack of integration and you won’t find nearly the feature set that you will find in the other desktops listed here. But that doesn’t mean Fluxbox isn’t worth trying out. Typically speaking, Fluxbox can be found in your distributions repositories, so there’s no need to search for a distribution dedicated to Fluxbox.

4: FVWM
FVWM is a throwback to the early 90s era of desktop computing and is still in active development. This old-school window manager is especially handy on desktops where reliability and power are the primary requirements.

5: KDE
Finally, there is the powerhouse KDE . KDE 4.5 is stable with many new features including Desktop Activities. Although KDE is certainly not considered an alternative Linux desktop, it is certainly an alternative to the new “desktop metaphor” introduced by GNOME 3 and Ubuntu Unity.

Take your pick
There are plenty more options than the five listed above. But these desktop offer the widest range of function and form, as well as show off the Linux desktop at both ends of the spectrum. So whether you want a minimalist desktop or a full-blown desktop extravaganza, you can have it on Linux — and still avoid both GNOME 3 and Ubuntu Unity.
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Summarised by the WOUGNET techsupport team from an article by Jack Wallen posted on TechRepublic .

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