Comparison of X Window System desktop environments (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Comparison of X Window System desktop environments" in English language version.

refsWebsite

Global rank English rank

5web.archive.org

1^st place

5kde.org

8,253^rd place

6,484^th place

3github.com

383^rd place

320^th place

3gnome.org

5,726^th place

4,463^rd place

2sourceforge.net

1,669^th place

1,290^th place

2phoronix.com

4,683^rd place

3,096^th place

1xfree86.org

low place

1cygwin.com

low place

1opengroup.org

3,671^st place

2,607^th place

1deepin.org

low place

1enlightenment.org

low place

1etoileos.com

low place

1lxde.org

low place

1lxqt-project.org

low place

1mate-desktop.org

low place

1trinitydesktop.org

low place

1unityd.org

low place

1alexxcons.github.io

low place

1xfce.org

low place

1fluxbox.org

low place

1desktoplinux.com

low place

1porteus.org

low place

alexxcons.github.io (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Xfce 4.20 released". 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

cygwin.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

x.cygwin.com

Cygwin/X website

deepin.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"deepin 23.1 Release Note – Deepin Technology Community". Retrieved 16 April 2025.

desktoplinux.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Linux leaps toward KDE/GNOME compatibility Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine

enlightenment.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Enlightenment 0.27.1 Release". 14 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

etoileos.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

http://etoileos.com/news/archive/2012/04/11/1706/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

fluxbox.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Fluxbox official website Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine line 15

github.com (Global: 383^rd place; English: 320^th place)

"Release 10.9.3". 7 September 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
"6.4.13". 22 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
"Release 0.5.2". 12 January 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

gnome.org (Global: 5,726^th place; English: 4,463^rd place)

gnome.org

Official websites of GNOME and KDE
Official Nautilus screenshots page

release.gnome.org

"Introducing GNOME 49, "Brescia"". 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

kde.org (Global: 8,253^rd place; English: 6,484^th place)

kde.org

Official websites of GNOME and KDE
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.12/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
creator), Aracele Torres, Camila Ayres, Molly White (original wikimedia-timeline; names, Translated by Your. "A 27 year timeline of KDE events". kde.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

invent.kde.org

"Unmaintained / KOffice · GitLab". GitLab. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

dolphin.kde.org

"Official Dolphin file manager page on KDE project site". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

lxde.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.lxde.org

"LXPanel 0.10.1 released". 25 February 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

lxqt-project.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Release LXQt 2.2.0". 17 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

mate-desktop.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

git.mate-desktop.org

"version 1.28.2". 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

opengroup.org (Global: 3,671^st place; English: 2,607^th place)

"Testing requirements by Product Standard". The Open Group. January 31, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.

phoronix.com (Global: 4,683^rd place; English: 3,096^th place)

Larabel, Michael. "Phoronix: Power & Memory Usage Of GNOME, KDE, LXDE & Xfce". Phoronix. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
Phoronix

porteus.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

RAM use of LXDE vs Xfce in Porteus again confirms that LXDE is about 1/2 of that of Xfce

sourceforge.net (Global: 1,669^th place; English: 1,290^th place)

Xming project homepage on SourceForge
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ede/files/ede/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

trinitydesktop.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"2025.04.27: TDE R14.1.4 released!". 27 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

unityd.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Announcing the stable release of Unity 7.6". Retrieved 25 June 2024.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

XFree86 Official Website Archived 2003-10-20 at the Wayback Machine line 5
"Official Dolphin file manager page on KDE project site". Archived from the original on 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
Fluxbox official website Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine line 15
Linux leaps toward KDE/GNOME compatibility Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
Larabel, Michael. "Phoronix: Power & Memory Usage Of GNOME, KDE, LXDE & Xfce". Phoronix. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

xfce.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"News – Xfce 4.20 released". Retrieved 16 December 2024.

xfree86.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

XFree86 Official Website Archived 2003-10-20 at the Wayback Machine line 5

Comparison of X Window System desktop environments (English Wikipedia)

alexxcons.github.io (Global: low place; English: low place)

cygwin.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

x.cygwin.com

deepin.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

desktoplinux.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

enlightenment.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

etoileos.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

fluxbox.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

github.com (Global: 383rd place; English: 320th place)

gnome.org (Global: 5,726th place; English: 4,463rd place)

gnome.org

release.gnome.org

kde.org (Global: 8,253rd place; English: 6,484th place)

kde.org

invent.kde.org

dolphin.kde.org

lxde.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.lxde.org

lxqt-project.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

mate-desktop.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

git.mate-desktop.org

opengroup.org (Global: 3,671st place; English: 2,607th place)

phoronix.com (Global: 4,683rd place; English: 3,096th place)

porteus.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

sourceforge.net (Global: 1,669th place; English: 1,290th place)

trinitydesktop.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

unityd.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

xfce.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

xfree86.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

github.com (Global: 383^rd place; English: 320^th place)

gnome.org (Global: 5,726^th place; English: 4,463^rd place)

kde.org (Global: 8,253^rd place; English: 6,484^th place)

opengroup.org (Global: 3,671^st place; English: 2,607^th place)

phoronix.com (Global: 4,683^rd place; English: 3,096^th place)

sourceforge.net (Global: 1,669^th place; English: 1,290^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)