memory usage by desktop environment

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#1 Post by **jdmeaux1952** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:56 am

I was doing some searching and ran across this chart of memory usage by desktop environments. I found it interesting.

#2 Post by **joany** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:28 am

jdmeaux1952 wrote:I was doing some searching and ran across this chart of memory usage by desktop environments. I found it interesting.

The KDE/xfce ratio agrees pretty much with findings by others on this forum. This metric is not very meaningful, however. Increased memory use doesn't translate proportionally to a decrease in performance. I've never been concerned about "conserving" memory. As long as you have enough memory, you won't notice much of a difference.

#3 Post by **jdmeaux1952** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:41 am

joany wrote: Increased memory use doesn't translate proportionally to a decrease in performance. I've never been concerned about "conserving" memory. As long as you have enough memory, you won't notice much of a difference.

I've got 16 Gb on my desktop AMD machine, 4 Gb on my MSI laptop, and 512 Mg on myJUNKBOX. I have used Openbox, Fluxbox, and LXDE on the JUNKBOX. Although I never have truly worried about the memory usage, I just though that what was posted as memory usage for the different desktop environments was interesting.

#4 Post by **Richard** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:54 am

I think DE [choice] depends on how much bling one wants,
how much memory is available,
and probably sun spots.

#5 Post by **lucky9** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:00 pm

Don't forget what you ate last night. This can effect many things.

#6 Post by **jdmeaux1952** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:08 pm

And I love those "organic" mushrooms, too.

#7 Post by **newkansan** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 3:33 pm

It is interesting. Thanks for posting. In particular, I'm surprised that MATE is so much lower than Xfce. I expected them to be more or less the same. Whoever did this must've isolated just the DE portion of memory use. This is important info for low RAM systems, but I do agree that with modern 4-8GB machines with fast processors, it's more a curiosity than anything else.

#8 Post by **Gordon Cooper** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 4:41 pm

jdmeaux1952 wrote:And I love those "organic" mushrooms, too.

Perhaps you forgot the most important thing - the phases of the moon.

#9 Post by **jdmeaux1952** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:42 am

I had been "googling" something like "desktop environment memory" or "comparison of DE" or "lxde VS xfce" when I ran across an article on memory usage by DE. I should have linked back to the article as well.

#10 Post by **Utopia** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:53 am

Must have been from this site: http://lxlinux.com/
I got very different results when comparing kde and xfce on mx-14.
Kde with akonadi turned off isn't heavy at all. OK, it's using more memory than xfce, but much less than indicated by this chart.
Could it be a little bit rigged to show how light lxde is?
Henry

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