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Assunto:  Kde Plasma Desktop Vs. Ci
De:       Nightfox
Data:     Sun, 1 Feb 2026 19:25:00 -0800
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  bBynb: hcMIKE POWELL bto cNIGHTFOX bon cSun Feb 01 2026 09:00 amn

 >> 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..

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