Samsy@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 5 hours agoswitched back to KDE and don't regretlemmy.mlimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down16
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minus-squaresupermarkus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up27·4 hours ago Also I don’t think KDE even uses more RAM than other DEs that are designed to be lightweight. Last time I compared, it used the same or less memory as LXDE. Firefox without any website loaded uses more RAM than a full Plasma session.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoAnd KDE can be even more efficient if you go into the settings and tweak things a bit, turning off some unnecessary features that are on by default.
minus-squarecatdog@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoThe difference being that in the one of those cases you still need to open a browser instance before you are able to browse the web.
Firefox without any website loaded uses more RAM than a full Plasma session.
And KDE can be even more efficient if you go into the settings and tweak things a bit, turning off some unnecessary features that are on by default.
The difference being that in the one of those cases you still need to open a browser instance before you are able to browse the web.