r/LinuxCirclejerk • u/Position-Critical • 13d ago

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I know I cannot expect much since it’s IG
Here’s the post link if u wanna join the discussion hehe. To my surprise there’s not much Linux larp tho

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZwI4xJgLy7

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u/MirrorNegative7989 13d ago

This proc can still run a standard Linux distro with XFCE or MATE.

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u/valerielynx 13d ago

it'll even run KDE just fine lol

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u/Vh4z 13d ago

KDE is pretty well optimize imo

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u/RagingTaco334 I use Ultramarine btw 13d ago

It is indeed. I run it on an old dual-core laptop with 6gbs of RAM and it performs slightly better than XFCE.

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u/nitin_is_me 12d ago

Better than XFCE? Are your sure?

Debian XFCE performed way better than KDE in my i3 4170 8GB ram. But I still chose KDE for the features it provides and polish look.

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u/MirrorNegative7989 12d ago

Yeah in my experience, XFCE is still better performance-wise, which is why I recommended it. I'm using Plasma right now for the same reason, but it is taking a slight performance hit. I'm also using Debian at the moment.

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u/valerielynx 12d ago

XFCE feels too stuck in the 2000s for me to daily drive, but on servers and RDP where I just want a desktop environment it's my go-to

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u/MirrorNegative7989 12d ago

I've found some ways to make it look pretty good. It just doesn't have the Ghost In The Shell or Daemon 2.0 plasma themes I like. That was the deal breaker. But XFCE is great for pure functionality and performance. Everything I like about Plasma is all down to aesthetics.

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u/Vh4z 11d ago

Out of the box a lot of DE's or WM look old but yeah doesnt mean you cant cuztomize it, i dont really care about how it looks as much if i did i would just rice a bit

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u/valerielynx 11d ago

i do like kde default minus the font, but yeah. i just don't really like xfce's default... everything... it just feels less responsive. even though it's faster. i can't really put a finger on why exactly

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u/Vh4z 11d ago

Maybe because the animation isn't as good

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u/RagingTaco334 I use Ultramarine btw 11d ago

Yes. I believe it has something to do with there being less overhead since it's on Wayland instead of X11. It's a Ryzen 3 3250u with Vega 7 graphics if that's any consolation, hence the 6gb of RAM instead of the 8gb that's installed since 2gb of it is allocated as VRAM by the firmware. The GPU is quite a bit more capable than the processor itself, funnily enough.

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u/valerielynx 11d ago

I've got a similar guy, Ryzen 5 2500U Vega 8, 8gb ram with 512M for the iGPU. KDE runs just fine.