• SapphironZA@lemmings.world
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    11 months ago

    I found a lot of the same. For me I resolved this by changing a few things.

    1. Abandon KDE plasma and Gnome.
    2. Avoid Snaps like the plague.

    Linux mint Cinnamon draws 5w on idle only laptop. Ubuntu stock draws 8w. Manjaro plasma uses around 7w.

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      11 months ago

      Isn’t vanilla KDE Plasma faster and less resource-intensive than Cinnamon?

      The Mint devs present the XFCE option as a “more lightweight” alternative to the Cinnamon option, and Plasma has been more efficient than XFCE for over three years now.

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          11 months ago

          I think power draw is a better measurement for efficiency.

          Making it more practical. Most people have more RAM than they need, but everyone is limited by battery capacity on laptops.

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        11 months ago

        I suspect that packaging has a lot to do with it. I also value power draw as a better metric for determining efficiency compared to RAM usage.

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      11 months ago

      I cant abandon KDE because I like it way to much. I have a powerful computer and I feel like linux is to optimized. Sometimes I just want programs to use as much resources as they need to run perfectly.

      I think once I move over to wayland I will feel that snappiness.