3 ms·Believe me - in the open source world Gnome is the one that leans towards minimalism.by dman 16y agoBelieve me - in the open source world Gnome is the one that leans towards minimalism.zyfo 16y agoMinimalism in what sense?dman 16y agoUI fading into the background. Working things around so that there are fewer User preferences. Default desktop themes which are sober and not overly jazzy.mtogo 16y agoHow? Compared to LXDE (for example), GNOME seems cluttered and slow to me. Not at all minimalist.chalst 16y agoI've found Sawfish+twm to be a sufficient window manager for my purposes.