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Limitless_screaming ,
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If you really need a DE then XFCE is your best choice, otherwise try out IceWM; it's the WM used by Antix Linux, so you know it's gonna be light.

Both XFCE and IceWM are know for customization, and both of them aren't the prettiest out of the box.

Sucuk OP ,
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Forgive my beginner's-knowledgement but what is a WM?

smallaubergine ,

Here's a good resource: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/window_manager

Sucuk OP ,
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Ah, thanks for the info!

Limitless_screaming ,
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WM means Window Manager, it mostly just manages window positions, tiling, decoration, and other Window related things. WMs usually need more configuration than DEs (Desktop Environments), some don't have default panels, widgets, etc. So you have to configure those yourself.

That allows them to be more customizable and lighter, but makes them a little harder to configure.

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