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I need help picking a lightweight touch friendly DE
(pawb.social)
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Just to add an offering that is not KDE the beta linux mint includes gesture support which is good for touch. In terms of usability it depends on what you want. If you like phone UI than GNOME with something like Ubuntu or Debian will be better. If you were alive in the 90s and liked the "traditional" desktop than something like KDE or Cinnamon(Mint) will be more comfortable.