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I don't think that's true anymore. Gnome 3 is heavier these days, and Plasma even beats XFCE on some metrics. It's actually quite easy on the battery. https://
by dTal 6y ago
I don't think that's true anymore. Gnome 3 is heavier these days, and Plasma even beats XFCE on some metrics. It's actually quite easy on the battery.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/10/23/bold-prediction-kde-will-steal-the-lightweight-linux-desktop-crown-in-2020/#3d02f90626d2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/10/23/bold-...
- pjmlp 6y agoI am in the process of replacing an harddisk, so I evaluated the GNOME, XFCE and KDE flavous of Ubuntu LTS with live editions. GNOME has really progressed since the 18.04 LTS days, but I am still on the edge of going back to it (currently I use XFCE). JavaScript everywhere since version 3 and adamant refusal to support shaded windows is what puts me off. If I wanted that I would be using ChromeOS.
- pantaloony 6y agoThis is obvious running on weak hardware or constrained VMs. Modern Gnome is nearly unusable, while KDE is fine down to fairly low specs, especially if you dial down the animations.
- chupasaurus 6y agoIt was like this on Plasma 4 after it had stabilized also.