The KDE problem is likely caused by this bug here https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240802
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This doesn't suprise me. I've used KDE as my default desktop back in the days, I think it was versions 3.2 and later 3.5, but every time I've tried the 4.x releases (including 4.6) they have been slow and laggy. I mostly use Linux on netbooks (atom + intel gma) these days, but still, Gnome 2 and 3 have no such problems on the same hardware.
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Originally posted by kraftman View PostIn KDE when you have compositions enabled you can play games with normal frame rate. Unlike gnome's hell. KDE uses caching, so it's resource efficient. Gnome shell 'uses' memory leak, so it's a real memory hog.
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Originally posted by nej_simon View PostThis doesn't suprise me. I've used KDE as my default desktop back in the days, I think it was versions 3.2 and later 3.5, but every time I've tried the 4.x releases (including 4.6) they have been slow and laggy. I mostly use Linux on netbooks (atom + intel gma) these days, but still, Gnome 2 and 3 have no such problems on the same hardware.
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Originally posted by Loudergood View PostThe KDE problem is likely caused by this bug here https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240802
The only pattern so far seems to be that only (K)ubuntu users are affected.
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Desktops functionnality in the tests ?
I may be wrong, but only the idle test can actually show the difference between the desktops that are tested here. So the way desktop apps are handled and so how efficient they are to do it (in speed and power efficiency) is not shown. Manipulating windows could show a real deffierence, and not in favor of the so-called "light" desktops.
That could be a real test to show the fastest/lightest/smoothest/obiwanest desktop.
How about a test with Fedora base instead of Ubuntu ? It begins to irritate me when I see another article of testing with Ubuntu as a base. Ubuntu is not Linux, it just embeds it, and it's far from the only one.
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Originally posted by ActionParsnip View PostI suggest you look into FLWM, Awesome, Fluxbox or OpenBox to name a few. Openbox is used as the WM for LXDE. You can use just openbox ON ITS OWN. This will immediately mate it lighter. "The LXDE desktop is generally said to be the fastest and lightest desktop environment" is is a complete lie. I suggest you research before making such bold statements.
Of course something like crunchbang is lighter, but it's not directly comparable.Last edited by jalyst; 11 June 2011, 02:19 AM.
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Originally posted by ActionParsnip View PostI suggest you look into FLWM, Awesome, Fluxbox or OpenBox to name a few. Openbox is used as the WM for LXDE. You can use just openbox ON ITS OWN. This will immediately mate it lighter. "The LXDE desktop is generally said to be the fastest and lightest desktop environment" is is a complete lie. I suggest you research before making such bold statements.
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