With Gnome moving from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3 shell, with a corresponding change in overall looks and loss in efficiency, my interest on other desktops like XFCE, KDE and LXDE grew more than ever in 2012. In my best distro series, first I took up my current favorite desktop environment - KDE. The second article covers distros with XFCE desktop environment - my second most favorite.
From Voyager