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[all variants] need advice: which DE?

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Ive got Ubuntu 12.10 Server installed on my server. I use it as a real server, not a desktop, and it's specified as such, hardware wise. Since I got a nexus pad, I dont use my laptop that much, so I want to have a DE on my server that's low on resource usage and dependencies, extremely fast, but has a lot of features. I'm a long time Gnome user. I've never used any other DE really apart from a brief stint with KDE on Ubuntu 5.10 which I didn't like, and still don't. Please don't turn this into a flame war... I just personally don't like KDE, and im not willing to try it. I originally (Hardware)

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