Lumina Desktop Environment Alternatives

Lumina Desktop Environment is described as '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' and is a desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Lumina Desktop Environment for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Wayland, Mac and Windows apps. The best Lumina Desktop Environment alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lumina Desktop Environment are GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon and COSMIC.

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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.

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Lumina Desktop Environment alternatives page was last updated May 11, 2024
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  1. Fluxbox icon
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    Fluxbox

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    Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.

    67 Fluxbox alternatives
    fluxbox with a custom theme

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • C++
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    awesome

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    awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.

    75 awesome alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    awesome Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Extensible window manager
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    awesome with a number of terminals open.
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    Screenshot by folcraed Source: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/issues/1395#issuecomment-272668779
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  4. Maui Shell icon
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    Maui Shell

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    Maui Shell is a convergent shell for desktops, tablets, and phones.

    32 Maui Shell alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Maui Shell Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  X server
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  5. niri icon
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    niri

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    Windows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.

    70 niri alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    niri Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Tiling Window Manager
    niri iconLumina Desktop Environment Icon

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  6. dwm icon
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    dwm

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    dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

    73 dwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  X server
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  7. Phosh icon
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    Phosh

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    Phosh is a pure Wayland shell for GNOME on mobile devices like the Purism Librem 5.

    28 Phosh alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Portable Linux
    2.  Mobile friendly
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  9. spectrwm icon
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    spectrwm

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    spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration.

    64 spectrwm alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Labwc

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    Labwc stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:

    16 Labwc alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Wayland Support
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    SwayFX

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    Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable...

    59 SwayFX alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo Linux
    • Fedora
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Sway
    • FreeBSD
    • Wayland

    SwayFX Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Compositor
    4.  Wayland Support
    5.  OPENGL
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    Window Maker

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    Window Maker has a reputation for being fast, efficient and highly stable. Window Maker has been characterized as reproducing "the elegant look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI" and is noted as "easy to configure and easy to use.

    40 Window Maker alternatives
    Window Maker, from www.windowmaker.org

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Window Maker Features

    1.  Unix-like
    WPrefs graphical configuration tool
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    Lomiri

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    Lomiri is the open source mobile and desktop environment that adapts to you computing needs. Supported on all kinds devices.

    39 Lomiri alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Ubuntu Touch
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Support for Gestures
    4.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    5.  No Tracking
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    DDE

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    DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) is a Desktop Environment (DE) written in Qt for Deepin

    24 DDE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Deepin
    DDE iconLumina Desktop Environment Icon

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