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Uchena Miller

In terms of lightweight, would KDE be slightly be faster than Gnome? because Ive been using the default Gnome Environment installed with Ubuntu and I have been having performance issues when running software simultaneously like VScode with Firefox especially when connected to a wireless network and using the terminal.

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Loralighte

KDE is currently about one and a half times slower than XFCE, which is one of the lightest weight desktop environments. I cannot think of any desktop environments slower than Gnome.

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Loralighte

I would say KDE is easily at least a little faster than Gnome

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Uchena Miller

so what do you recommend Kai?

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Loralighte

Really depends what you need, but Cinnamon, Lumina, and MATE are all good

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Uchena Miller

okay thanks, Imma do some reading up and them out. Whichever I'm comfortable working with.
Thanks again.