Subj : Nifty desktop compari
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Fri Mar 28 2025 06:54:00


Hi Ky!

 >   KM> Feature comparison, really nicely done.
 >   KM> The main event:
 >   KM> https://eylenburg.github.io/de_comparison.htm
 > Kind of nice they also compared to Mac and Windows.
 KM> Yeah, that was interesting to see.
 
To me would be a good tool to help get a Windows user who is on the 
fence about switching OSs: like such-and-such option, these Linux
options have it and it's called ___".  ...That might be the most
helpful: why is a video player called 'Kaffeine'?!



 >   KM> https://eylenburg.github.io/old/de_comparison_2022old.htm#
 KM> And a few items the slim version lacks, like resource use. Tho
 KM> there will be no convincing the Xfce aficionados that
 KM> "lightweight" Xfce uses as much or more RAM than "bloated" KDE.
 KM> (Xfce is also not optimized for performance.)
 
The instructions have to go somewhere! 


 >   KM> And while I'm here, old but a pretty good visual compare:
 >   KM> https://alandmoore.com/blog/2014/12/29/2015-desktop-environment-ro
 >   KM> undup/
 > FWIW this one took a short while to load -- had to wake up the server. <g>
 KM> Was fine yesterday, but I've noticed a whole swath of internet is
 KM> slow right now, even by my standards. Something busted somewhere
 KM> among the backbones, likely reroutes different depending where
 KM> you call what from where.
 
That's probably the reason: I have also noticed this week a few of my 
regular sites taking longer to load.


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