Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:14:51 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. Message-ID: <200607262014.52723.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20060726173451.GC5284@jeeves.stilyagin.local> References: <20060726082333.e72c8bd2fa3c8298c4bf39a8c4c61b77.dba6f17e66.wbe@email.secureserver.net> <200607261815.49535.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <20060726173451.GC5284@jeeves.stilyagin.local>
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On Wednesday 26 July 2006 18:34, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 06:15:48PM +0100, RW wrote: > > KDE is mostly application modules, which you don't need to install if you > > dont want them. These days, though, the avoidance of bloat is mostly just > > a fetish. I've not noticed any speed difference between KDE and the > > lighter window managers for years. And as far as disk space is concerned > > we are talking about pennies. I've tried fluxbox and the like off-and-on, > > but I always miss some KDE feature within minutes. > > I disagree. Bloat is bloat. I'm using ion3 on my laptop and it's > blazingly fast. I installed KDE on my wife's computer and while it's not > a dog it is NOT blazingly fast. All I can say is I don't see a difference between KDE, XFCE, Fluxbox and TWM on the same machine.
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