lxpanel for a wide screen

LXDE in Arch, with a left-side, vertical panel:

Right-click anywhere on the panel and select "Panel Settings" to open up the Panel Preferences window:

LXDE has never been the most polished desktop environment, but I like that it's lightweight, configurable, and comfortable to use for getting work done. Looks like LXDE's days are numbered, though; Lubuntu, for example, has switched to LXQt. I think I'm gonna try to keep LXDE for maybe a couple more years, until LXQt matures a bit.

another arch setup

ArchLabs is very nice (see "ob-love!" and "...and, some fluxbox love"), but in the end I decided to replace it with "straight" Arch, adding Openbox and setting that up myself.

Later, I added Fluxbox. Here are a few shots of my Fluxbox setup in Arch: