I'm going to disagree. LXDE, as used by Peppermint OS (an Ubuntu derivative), is as simple and complete a user experience as I've found — surprisingly modern,

I'm going to disagree. LXDE, as used by Peppermint OS (an Ubuntu derivative), is as simple and complete a user experience as I've found — surprisingly modern, as well. I never expected LXDE to get this good, frankly.