> Another correlation, in my experience, is bugs and glitches. Most of us are slumming it with non-ECC memory I'd wager. In a very real sense, more memory usag

> Another correlation, in my experience, is bugs and glitches. Most of us are slumming it with non-ECC memory I'd wager. In a very real sense, more memory usage corresponds to a larger target for a bit to get flipped by an stray cosmic particle collision. I think the real reason why XFCE feels so stable and reliable, is that it is old. Old software that doesn't undergo frequent revolutions has a longer time to catch bugs, and doesn't introduce them at the same pace.