XFCE as a power saver

[mreq]

Have a look at a decent installation of Fluxbox and you will start considering xfce a resource hog .

I'd love to use Awesome WM but there are so many things I'd miss, like network managers, brightness adjust etc. Also couldn't get even the simpliest widgets to work. I might give gnome 3.8 a shot and see how goes. Till then I'll stick with XFCE.

[slickymaster]

I use XFCE and have read rumors confirming what you say. Would be interesting to see some actual stats. Phoronix maybe?

There's an article at Phoronix comparing power and memory usage between XFCE, LXDE, KDE and Gnome, but's quite dated now, since it's from March 08, 2010.

Anyway, for those interested, here's the link.

[montag dp]

There's an article at Phoronix comparing power and memory usage between XFCE, LXDE, KDE and Gnome, but's quite dated now, since it's from March 08, 2010.

Anyway, for those interested, here's the link.

I saw that too at one point. I don't think it's very relevant anymore because all of those desktop environments have undergone major changes since then (at least, I know KDE and Gnome have).

[vasa1]

Have a look at a decent installation of Fluxbox and you will start considering xfce a resource hog .

Isn't Fluxbox a window manager only whereas Xfce is both WM and DE?

[andrew.46]

With fluxbox you assemble as much of a desktop environment as you want from 3rd party offerings. I use Thunar for file manager, libreoffice for docs, sakura for terminal, xscreensaver for screensaver, leafpad for text editing etc etc...

[sffvba[e0rt]

Have a look at a decent installation of Fluxbox and you will start considering xfce a resource hog .

Pfft, once you realize all you need is a terminal you will never go back

(Not that I will ever do that myself )


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[mips]

Pfft, once you realize all you need is a terminal you will never go back

(Not that I will ever do that myself )


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Pfft, once you realise you don't need a computer you will never go back

[andrew.46]

Are you guys all using a computer!!? I'm using a pocket calculator running on solar power.....

[mreq]

Are you guys all using a computer!!? I'm using a pocket calculator running on solar power.....

Calculator? Not needed anymore: Installing Linux on a Dead Badger: User's Notes

[Irihapeti]

Pocket calculator??

Pass me my marble tablet and chisel...