@ricky89 I’m with you on this. In the early desktop days I was a KDE kind of a guy; that is up until about KDE 3.5; by then I was already working more with Xfce, like you. I have never liked either GNOME or any of the other variations, such as MATE or Cinnamon . Oddly enough, I do prefer the Gtk+ toolkit, and that’s where Xfce comes into the picture.
These days I hardly use Desktop Environments at all, though I DO try them: I’ve recently used KDE Plasma and Xfce (still no GNOME), but I’m a window manager kind of a person; the simple, configurable IceWM is what I use because I don’t need a lot of fancy fluff, nor do I care for the overhead. I try desktops mostly to get a sample; on rare occasions I’ve even tried GNOME (but it doesn’t take long to exit and use something else.
Your opinion is much valued, and it’s even nice when an opinion is similar to my own! 
