Power & Memory Usage Of GNOME, KDE, LXDE & Xfce

[otto]

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Hi siduction buddies,
It's not a new article.Please read at
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_desktop_vitals&num=1
But some didn't read.Please It's not intended to cause flame with it. But we should discuss about this subject matter.
Cheers.
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[holgerw]

Hello Otto,

the Battery Power Usage is interesting for people with notebooks and other mobile stuff.

Under this point it makes rarely a difference between using kde, gnome, xfce or lxde.

And the Memory Usage is an important point for all people with machines, which have less than 2 GB Ram.

But also on the old Thinkpad R51 with 768 MB Ram it is possible to work with KDE4. You've to deactivate all eyecandy stuff and then you'll get an admissible performance to use this old notebook for internet and office.

Kind regards,
 Holger

[axel668]

The article shows that the differences are minimal, except for memory usage. So where do you see the need for discussion ?

[clubex]

And the article is dated March 2010. A lot has happened to all the desktops in that time.