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Desktop environments: performance vs modern look (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Some DEs are focused on resource efficiency, but don't look fancy. Others are fancy, but require a fairly modern setup. I have KDE (Fedora) installed on my laptop, I love its look and options. But it is not always snappy, some little freezes occur as well, even in basic situations (opening Firefox and v2rayN simultaneously was one of the cases). The most problematic thing is almost every app taking around 2-3 secs to open its window.

Many people would just tell me to install Xfce, but I still want a fancy desktop, I believe it is something I can afford on my setup. First I thought of GNOME, but it is controversial: some sources report GNOME as well optimized even for low-end machines, other claim it is much heavier than KDE.

What it your experience with desktop environments and their performance? Perhaps you have compared various DEs within the same distro and setup? How performant GNOME actually is compared to KDE? What are the balanced options to explore?

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have a 2010 laptop. Tried KDE and GNOME (as well as other DEs). I found KDE lagged on the laptop, and GNOME was super responsive. People told me it would be the opposite of that because GNOME was a heavy desktop, but it just caches stuff so its always ready and on a 15 year old laptop the cache was faster than the processor :)

[–] pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What is your RAM size or whatever the cache goes to (oops I have a gap in my computer knowledge)?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

8gb RAM on that machine. kDE used less than GNOME, but when you check the memory stats the extra was cache, not bloat