TW has the same issue Martin describes above. For every TW install I've done recently, when first installing the GNome DE and then installing the Plasma5 DE, I see a many of the GNome services running while I'm using Plasma. It works the other way too, meaning in GNome, you will see Plasma components running. I don't know about other distros and I don't know how Michael installed the DEs, but on TW, you have to manually remove the DE using zypper or Yast/Software Mgt and delete the components manually.
I literally just did this on the last TW update on a very, very old machine (2x250Gb WD blacks and a BE-5000+ with 3Gb RAM). I had to remove all the GNome stuff manually (control center, GOA stuff, etc.) and add locks to taboo the GNome stuff, and then when I get to the Plasma desktop, I'm sitting right there under 500MB.
I literally just did this on the last TW update on a very, very old machine (2x250Gb WD blacks and a BE-5000+ with 3Gb RAM). I had to remove all the GNome stuff manually (control center, GOA stuff, etc.) and add locks to taboo the GNome stuff, and then when I get to the Plasma desktop, I'm sitting right there under 500MB.
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