Is KDE better than XFCE?

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Conclusion. KDE Plasma Desktop and XFCE are both great desktop environments. For a more minimalist and lightweight desktop, XFCE might be a better option, but for a beautiful customizable desktop environment, KDE Plasma seems to be a better option.

Does KDE use more RAM than XFCE?

If agile performance is what you are after, you might be biased about XFCE. Having said this, it has veritably less RAM usage than KDE plasma, using only 531MB idly, regardless of VM execution or native installation.

Is KDE more customizable than XFCE?

As per your question, comparing only XFCE and KDE, KDE is more customizable out of the box than XFCE.

Is KDE as fast as Xfce?

KDE runs faster on a resource-intensive system. Xfce excels in a system that has limited resources. KDE users can only use different wallpapers for different monitors. Xfce permits its users to set different wallpapers per-monitor and per-virtual desktops.

Is KDE heavy?

Sammi is correct; Gnome (and Cinnamon) are the worst hogs, and KDE is not as bad as it used to be but still heavy. I’m using a “medium weight” distro, MX with XFCE. Very solid, but configurable. Ubuntu MATE is also lighter.

Is KDE Plasma bloat?

Whenever a social media discussion happens about Desktop environments, people rate KDE Plasma as “Beautiful but bloated” and some even call it “heavy”. The reason behind this is KDE Plasma packs so much into the desktop. You can say it’s a full package.

Is KDE a lightweight plasma?

KDE is one of the most popular desktop environments out there. You may also refer it as the “Plasma” desktop. Even though it’s not my primary choice, it is highly customizable and extremely lightweight.

Is KDE faster?

And, it is worth noting that the KDE applications that come with the desktop environment get faster improvements when compared to GNOME’s default applications. It is just a personal observation, considering the development updates by KDE when compared to GNOME applications.

Is KDE unstable?

KDE is an unstable, bloated and buggy mess. I give it a shot about once a year and uninstall it when the DE crashes; it doesn’t matter what hardware I use, it never lasts longer than a few hours.