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Gnome is pretty darn lightweight and performant these days! (lemmy.ml)
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On Debian Testing, Gnome 50.5 on a fresh reboot, I'm getting between 1.08 and 1.2 gb usage.

I've been trying different desktops and distros lately as I've been on Debian Stable for years and just want to freshen things up for fun.

CachyOS + XFCE had me around 900mb but XFCE still being on x11 only is a no go for me. I also didn't love running arch. Got around 1gb on Debian Testing + XFCE but yeah, no wayland is an issue.

Debian Testing + Plasma had me around 1.5 gb, still pretty good tbh. On a laptop though I just found the touchpad to be fidgety/inconsistent and boy do I hate those menus. No thanks. Plasma is just really not meant for someone like me.

So I think this is it. Debian Testing! Looking forward to Gnome 51 soon! It's incredible how light Gnome is while being so slick and modern and just really damn nice overall. It's my fav desktop for sure.

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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I use Sway, and I really love it for the absolute simplicity you can make it. Yet, I do enjoy Gnome so much that I think — pretty often! — to just switch to Gnome. Some time ago, I even had a dedicated computer at our workshop office. It was a low specced machine with 4 GB ram. Gnome was good for most tasks. I have just 4 GB ram at home, and updating Gnome to latest Fedora 45 (meaning Gnome 51? Forgot the number), I’ve got an impression it became even faster! I mean, 4 GB ram, and most times I don’t notice!

Impressive work everyone, I really love Gnome. (Coming from almost a decade with macOS.)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago

    Sway is really cool. I played with it for a few days and really enjoyed it! On my main laptop though, gnome just does it for me. Sway was a ton of fun to play in but I couldn't image using it for day to day work. I could totally see how people could though.

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