I’m going to try out the LXQT Lubuntu. Atm as live. Would try to install it in the evening to see how it works on bare metal. Here are few things I noticed.
The panel on the left (or right). If I use only the icon, it looks all right. The tooltip appears with a time lag, which I like. Anyway, this can be configured, except for only text. No idea, why the sound icon is dark. The clock turns only, when autorotating is unticked, not the other way.
There are no names on the PcManFm left panel.
I’m sure these will be corrected. Maybe, I’d wait few days to install it, until the PcManFm matter is corrected.