Do you run light OS on your high end system?

[donniezazen]

Yes, the reason I have a four-core i7, 8GB of ram, an SSD drive for OS installations and a high end graphics card is so I can have a system that boots a half a second faster than vanilla ubuntu, spends only 50mb of ram, hardly uses the CPU and doesn't even touch the graphics card.

"Light" OSes are basically an exercise in not using your computer. You have billions of transistors at your command, each operating at billions of cycles per second. Put them to use, damnit!

I agree with you. I don't mind it. The only thing I mind is constant fan noise and hard drive noise high end DE creates.

[haqking]

Well i am running Slackware 13.37-current with KDE 4.8 on dual screens at 1920x1080P on the following

I7 2700K
16GB Ram
2 x 128GB SSD
3 x 2TB HDD
Nvidia GTX 580 3GB


It is blistering and see no reason to go for anything light, this may aswell be xfce or lxde on a Supercomputer, this thing can outrun an olympian ;-0)

Love it

[snowpine]

With hardware like that, KDE vs. LXDE vs. Gnome simply becomes a question of workflow: which is the most productive desktop environment for your habits?

[haqking]

With hardware like that, KDE vs. LXDE vs. Gnome simply becomes a question of workflow: which is the most productive desktop environment for your habits?

indeed.

though it was more of a question of aesthetics and eyecandy really and KDE wins for me in that respect.

But i like all DE, and can work well in any of them, but KDE 4.8 just looks great and flies on this thing

[snowpine]

Never been much of a KDE user myself, but I definitely see & appreciate the appeal!

A little embarrassed to say I am still using Gnome 2...

[haqking]

Never been much of a KDE user myself, but I definitely see & appreciate the appeal!

A little embarrassed to say I am still using Gnome 2...

Well i also run Debian stable and i love that and Gnome 2 together, great mix.

Too be honest i love slack with KDE 4.8 running on it and current is stable as a stable release for me anyways, but there is something nice about booting into debian gnome 2 for sure

[forrestcupp]

Well i am running Slackware 13.37-current with KDE 4.8 on dual screens at 1920x1080P on the following

I7 2700K
16GB Ram
2 x 128GB SSD
3 x 2TB HDD
Nvidia GTX 580 3GB


It is blistering and see no reason to go for anything light, this may aswell be xfce or lxde on a Supercomputer, this thing can outrun an olympian ;-0)

Love it

Are you designing a planet or something?

[dagroves]

I am going to be getting a computer with an Intel Core I7, 8GB ram, 2TB HDD, and I am going to put Elementary OS on it.

[haqking]

Are you designing a planet or something?

Well funny you should say that, i am actually in Windows 7 right now so i can play Star Wars The Old Republic

Killing plenty of Planet inhabitants, but who knows what is to come down the levels

[Dry Lips]

LXDE = Morris Mini.
XFCE = Volvo.
Gnome 2 = Ferrari.
KDE = A crystal carriage drawn by dolphins, quantum tunnelling it's way throughout the interstellar nebulas of our galaxy.