Re: Kde Plasma Desktop Vs. Ci
By: MIKE POWELL to NIGHTFOX on Sun Feb 01 2026 09:00 am
>> I thought that was fairly common for distributions that include a specific
>> desktop environment. Are there distributions that would behave better if
>> you decide to install a different desktop environment?
MP> I have a laptop that initially came with debian and gnome installed on it
MP> when I got it ~11 yrs ago. As it is older, it has gone through several
MP> debian upgrades. When I upgraded to Trixie, gnome seemed to be more
MP> resource intensive than practical for it. Switching to IceWM made
MP> everything "behave better" (i.e. more responsive) in my eyes.
When I said "behave better", I was referring to what The Wanderer and I had been
discussing as far as desktop environment packages being officially supported by
the distribution and not causing a problem if installed when upgrading, etc..
Nightfox
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