> bulk of important code (Gtk, Mutter, etc.) is written in C. Exactly why budgie desktop is fast. Uses Mutter as WM, and the gnome applications (like Nautilus,

> bulk of important code (Gtk, Mutter, etc.) is written in C. Exactly why budgie desktop is fast. Uses Mutter as WM, and the gnome applications (like Nautilus, control centre). For instance, gnome-shell starts up at around 150MB of memory usage, climbs upto around 1GB, eventually halting. OTOH, budgie-wm stays at a cool 25-30 MB usage. More on how the budgie thing works : https://budgie-desktop.org/2017/01/25/kicking-off-budgie-11/ https://budgie-desktop.org/2017/01/25/kicking-off-budgie-11/