DE pro's and con's. How much resources they use.

[dos2unix]

I've seen this before, but kind of forgot about it.

Comparison & List of Desktop Environments

Comparison of Linux and Unix Desktop Environments

eylenburg.github.io

I learned a few things. Gnome tales up more RAM than expected (comparitatively)
More people use KDE than I would have expected.

Interesting to note that lxqt doesn't support HiDPI.
It looks like this is a little dated. Gnome 4.2 has some options that show
as disabled on this page.
But I think it's a good base-line.

 

[forester]

Thanks for the latest I've seen comparison.
Good to keep in mind KDE Plasma is not that heavy any more, relatively speaking.

 

[Leonardo_B]

Kde plasma is light but they have just to many options to get lost in . my go too are normally Xfce and Cinnamon. But lxqt is not bad

 

[Deleted member 137406]

Kde plasma is light but they have just to many options to get lost in .

Yep way to many settings and options and I don't care for the eye candy, reminds me of Windows Aero Glass theme.

Windows Aero - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Leonardo_B]

I have to agree. if people truely want eye candy just install xerolinux it An "Eyecandy" lover's wet dream.

 

[darry1966]

I am all for Xfce it does a nice job and doesn’t consume too much ram. Runs really well with Linuxlite on a netbook with 2 gig ram. I turned compositer off. Refracta my other machine uses has Xfce as well.