Created by Terry Henderson on November 28, 2011, at 05:41 PM
...Unity vs Gnome vs Xfce vs Mate (Mate is a new one)...
The Ubuntu community is in a tailspin over Desktop Environments. Here is an article w/comments about the Unity vs Gnome controversy and it discusses alternatives. One alternative in particular is Mate, which is really just a Gnome2 continuation for the last couple of Ubuntu releases. The comments are as interesting as the article so don't skip that part. Aside from the assumption that the whole world uses Ubuntu or one of it's derivatives, the article is fairly interesting / informative and explains that the reason for Unity is to support the explosion of touch screen tablets on the market these days, or at least, that's what it appears to imply..
http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/11/23/could-mate-be-the-savior-of-the-gnome-2-linux-interface/
As for me, I don't have a touch screen tablet and I'm an xfce user [now-days]. I find xfce simple, easy to use and easy to customize.
See: http://www.xfce.org/
I've yet to try out jwm. How about you?
See: http://joewing.net/programs/jwm/ and screenshot: 
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