| ▲ | tim-projects an hour ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gnomes' a massive memory hog I was looking at this and thinking maybe it would improve a cheap android phone. But now I know it's running gnome I won't even consider trying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | gf000 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> maybe it would improve a cheap android phone. Not in a million worlds. Android is by far the most optimized OS (as a whole, including user space, graphics stack everything) for mobile devices. It's almost like the most widely used mobile operating system has had quite a bit of dev hours spent on it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | freedomben an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Do you have any numbers? The last numbers I remember seeing, had XFCE around 500 MB and gnome around 700 MB. I'm trying to find some current numbers, but it's a pretty tough thing. Without any different numbers, I think saying a massive memory hog is a little hyperbolic. Applications in use, especially browsers, are going to dwarf the desktop environment anyway. Having the polish is well worth it to many people, myself included. I would definitely like to see less memory requirements for the various desktop environments, but at the end of the day I don't pay for any of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | gcr an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Every desktop environment is a massive memory hog. Do you really want something minimal like xfce on a touchscreen? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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