> What about making a new Desktop not only fast, but also pretty?
The reason for this is that there are relatively few graphics artists who use Linux desktops and contribute to the desktop projects by creating graphics.
But there are quite pretty custom desktop themes created by people. You can look at /r/unixporn for example. Most of the screenshots there are from the tiling wm (dwm/awesome/xmonad/i3) crowd but every now and then someone posts some pretty Gnome/KDE/LXDE/Xfce screenies and themes as well.
The reason for this is that there are relatively few graphics artists who use Linux desktops and contribute to the desktop projects by creating graphics.
But there are quite pretty custom desktop themes created by people. You can look at /r/unixporn for example. Most of the screenshots there are from the tiling wm (dwm/awesome/xmonad/i3) crowd but every now and then someone posts some pretty Gnome/KDE/LXDE/Xfce screenies and themes as well.