you can try xubuntu

if you do not like xubuntu you can open the terminal and type

sudo apt-get purge xubuntu

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop

it will install gnome

or you type

sudo apt-get purge xubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

it will install plasma which is the most beautiful and most adjustable desktop. it is also friendlier on ressources than gnome

you will still run ubuntu but with a different desktop

you can do the same with arch, just the commands are different

and of course also with fedora which has the rpm red hat suse package manager