KDE's Leaner Experience On openSUSE Tumbleweed vs. Ubuntu 17.04

[starshipeleven]

So a KDE stripped down to the same functionality as Fluxbox boots as fast as a full GNOME environment?

Tumbleweed's KDE is not stripped down, it's Ubuntu's KDE that is configured like total crap.

[starshipeleven]

Nope. That is just Akonadi removed. But I hear that XFCE still has more functionality and customization than a "full GNOME environment" while consuming half the RAM....

afaik XFCE uses like 100 MB less than KDE at most.
If you really want low RAM usage you need to use LXDE or Enlightenment.

[andyprough]

I haven't tried KDE on openSUSE for quite awhile because of the general slowness. Looks like I should try it out again.

[M@GOid]

My installs of Kubuntu shows about 700 MB of RAM, not sure why Michael's install got more than 1GB.

[cen1]

A distro which ships KDE by default vs an Ubuntu derivative.. color me NOT surprised at all.

[M@GOid]

So a KDE stripped down to the same functionality as Fluxbox boots as fast as a full GNOME environment?

Nope. That is just Akonadi removed. But I hear that XFCE still has more functionality and customization than a "full GNOME environment" while consuming half the RAM....

[zoomblab]

@Micheal
As I said in the other article. Kubuntu 17.04 is just as lean in all my machines! The problem maybe has to do with your uninstall/install procedure on plain Ubuntu (it is infected with the Gnome virus ;-)).

[FishPls]

I suppose this explains the worse-than-expected budgie numbers too. Wth is Canonical doing with Ubuntu?

[Shiba]

So a KDE stripped down to the same functionality as Fluxbox boots as fast as a full GNOME environment?

[zoner]

Michael, please test KDE Neon, stable branch. It is the most stable implementation of KDE Plasma by the folks who developed it. Even on a live DVD it is fast. Also, for a general implementation, please test KDE Plasma as implemented by Manjaro. KDE is not the old KDE. And as I have said, the old Akonadi based PIM will soon go away. The new PIM is called KUBE. It has elimated over 75 dependices sp. Everything is being rewritten, not just updated. A discussion by one of the developers can be found on Planet KDE.

And thank you again, Michael, for this great site. It is so kool to see your work cited in more and more other sites.