On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, stan <gryt2@xxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:19:05 +0200 > Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> And I'm curious why doesn't anyone even mention KDE as an alternative >> for Gnome3? As it seems, these days KDE4 is by far the most advanced, >> most mature and most configurable desktop environment out there. > > On my old hardware, KDE is a resource hog. The DE runs like it is > moving through molasses. On newer hardware it probably isn't > noticeable. And for the short time I did run it, it was different > enough that there was a learning curve. LXDE and XFCE are probably > much closer to Gnome 2 in behavior. > > I'm using the Gnome 3 fallback mode on F15, and my DE has snappy > response. I suspect the same would be true of LXDE or XFCE. I do not expect KDE4 to take more resources than Gnome3, even when you turn on its desktop effects. That said, I do agree that it is more demanding than XFCE and LXDE. If you have old hardware it is certainly better to run something lightweight. But on such hardware I expect even Gnome2 to be slow. ;-) The fallback of Gnome3 isn't really a DE, it is rather... well... a fallback, and it is expected to be lightweight, since it is intended to work on low-end hardware. I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone with such hardware to run KDE. But for those with more modern hardware, I think KDE is something worth looking into. ;-) Best, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
