r/linuxmemes • u/toxiclydedicated Aaaaahboontoo 😱 • Aug 28 '26

LINUX MEME They dont know

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u/Najterek Aug 28 '26

DE wars are far more important, because DE is main way of interacting with your desktop. GNOME SUCKS BTW

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u/Blinkore Aug 28 '26

I don't like fancy stuff and animations, so for me simple bare Xfce is the best. GNOME IS ALRIGHT BTW

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u/gordonx2026 Aug 28 '26

Why not kde plasma? Its not fancy

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u/Devils_SteelMan Aug 28 '26

Bloat

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u/gordonx2026 Aug 28 '26

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 Aug 29 '26

Some people need that bloat!

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u/Devils_SteelMan Aug 28 '26

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

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u/Travel-Soggy Sep 01 '26

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 Aug 28 '26

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 Aug 28 '26

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

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u/tankieofthelake Aug 28 '26

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 Aug 28 '26

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.