GNOME Alternatives

GNOME is described as '3 has been designed from the ground up to help you have the best possible computing experience. Learn about what it has to offer' and is a very popular desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to GNOME for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac and Linux Mobile apps. The best GNOME alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNOME are Xfce, Cinnamon, Budgie and MATE.

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GNOME alternatives page was last updated Oct 22, 2024
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  1. Lumina Desktop Environment icon
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    Lumina Desktop Environment

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    Lumina is a lightweight, BSD licensed, standards-compliant desktop environment based upon Qt and Fluxbox. It is being developed on PC-BSD, and is being packaged for distribution on the PC-BSD package repository as well.

    55 Lumina Desktop Environment alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PC-BSD
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  2. EDE icon
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    EDE

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    Equinox Desktop Environment is simple and small graphical desktop environment for UNIX operating systems

    22 EDE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris

    EDE Features

    1.  X server
    version 2.0, variable panel width
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  4. Moksha

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    Fork of Enlightenment version 17 (commonly called E17) used as the main desktop environment on Bodhi Linux

    25 Moksha alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. Elokab icon
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    Elokab

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    Elokab Desktop Environment is an open-source independent desktop environment for Linux which uses QT libraries like KDE Plasma .

    26 Elokab alternatives
    Elokab Desktop

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Elokab Features

    1.  QT Based
    Elokab Settings
    Elokab Menu
    +2
    Elokab Widget Manager
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  6. xfdashboard icon
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    xfdashboard

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    xfdashboard provides a GNOME shell dashboard like interface for use with the Xfce desktop. It can be configured to run to any keyboard shortcut and when executed provides an overview of applications...

    9 xfdashboard alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    xfdashboard Features

    1.  Dashboard
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  7. Cortile icon
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    Cortile

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    Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

    53 Cortile alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  KDE
    3.  Tiling Window Manager
    4.  Golang
    5.  Support for Hot corners
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  9. Lomiri icon
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    Lomiri

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    Lomiri is the operating environment for everywhere. It is able to span the gaps between touch, mouse, and keyboard; between phones, tablets, and workstations; and look good doing it.

    39 Lomiri alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Ubuntu Touch
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