Alternative to x11/gnome3 ?

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On 29/04/2018 15:02, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> What alternative to x11/gnome3 can you advise? 
> 
> I would like a more lightweight desktop environment, however it MUST
> support switching between GUI users without logging out (like 
> Ubuntu or Windows).
> 
> I tried Mate but it does not seem to be able to switch between users
> without logging out (at least the display manager Mate comes with
> cannot do that).
> 
> Thanks in advance for any input.
> 

I use xdm with xfce4 for this.
-- 
J.