What desktop environments are available for Linux?

LorenDB

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I am trying to find a list of all the desktop environments available for Linux. I already have a number listed:
  • KDE Plasma (my personal favorite)
  • GNOME
  • LXDE
  • LXQt
  • Mate
  • Unity (old, I know, but there is work being done)
  • XFCE
  • Cinnamon
  • Deepin
  • Pantheon
  • Enlightenment
  • UKUI (from Ubuntu Kylin)
  • Budgie
  • i3wm
  • Sway
  • bspwm
  • theShell
  • PIXEL (from Raspbian)
  • Lumina (Project Trident)
  • Liri (LiriOS)
  • CDE
  • twin
  • sowm
  • Equinox
  • Trinity (KDE 3 fork)
[Edit]
  • Moksha (Bodhi's fork of Enlightenment)
Are there other desktop environments that I am missing from this list?

TIA.
 
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Heck, I didn't know there were that many!

Some look as if they may be Windows Managers and not full-blown DEs (like bspwm and sowm) . Are you looking of WMs, as well?

See: DEs vs WMs
 
Some of the things in your list are window managers. E.g. i3wm, bspwm, sowm.
So if we’re including window managers (as an alternative to a desktop):
Fvwm, dwm, 2wm, wmii, openbox, xmonad, ratpoison..... There are loads more. Those are just a few, off the top of my head!
 
add jwm and tjhose from this link, to JasKinasis' initial addendum
 
@JasKinasis: Window managers work fine for my list.

Also, could a moderator move this to the General Discussion? I meant to post it there but somehow it ended up here.
 
G'day @LorenDB and welcome.
To that you can add Bohdi Linux 's Moksha and enlightenment desktops
 
From that page, here's some more links:

Note that some info on those pages may be obsolete, for example, Hawaii is now part of LiriOS.
 
I believe I already included enlightenment
You had my error that I overlooked it. :( just put it down to the many years that have flowed down the river of time since my arrival. :D
 
A window manager is all that is needed and does it all imo.
 
Phone UIs are awesome! I'm thinking of UBPorts, Plasma mobile, Phosh, and a number of others.
 
FVWM crystal is pretty nice too.
 
Wow, it sure does look nice.

I'm getting interested in the berry window manager (berrywm.org).
 

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