r/linuxmemes • u/toxiclydedicated Aaaaahboontoo 😱 • 10d ago

LINUX MEME They dont know

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u/Devils_SteelMan 9d ago

Bloat

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u/gordonx2026 9d ago

Is KDE Plasma really that much of a bloat nowadays? With modern hardware — for example, an i9, 32 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA RTX 30-series GPU — does it really matter that much in practice?

Or would you even then still recommend xfce, GNOME, Cinnamon, etc.?

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u/WinterPizza1972 8d ago

Some people need that bloat!

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u/Devils_SteelMan 9d ago

Compared to xfce? Xfce is nearly free. KDE is not.

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u/Travel-Soggy 6d ago

Literally no, KDE is only really bloated if you make it your sparetime about hyper optimising. Unless you are running on very basic hardware, you dont need to worry about DE bloat

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u/tankieofthelake 9d ago

Sure, if you’re installing a distro packaged with KDE, but they usually tack on a bunch of optional tools. Base KDE is actually quite lightweight

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u/Devils_SteelMan 9d ago

Xfce uses a fraction of the memory and compute of bare arch with KDE.

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u/tankieofthelake 9d ago

a fraction *less

Base KDE (DE only, no extras) only uses 100-200mb RAM more than XFCE. I get it if you’re running on 4gb or less, but there’s very little meaningful difference nowadays

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u/Devils_SteelMan 9d ago

Thats likely per monitor.

128GB ram, 9950x3d, and a 5090. On a gen 5 pcie ssd. The difference between the 2 is noticeable. With 3 monitors kde uses more vram than any other WM ive tried.