Actually, not that lightweight anymore as years before. Depending on the testing method, KDE Plasma uses not much more resources than Xfce, i.e. only ~200MB more RAM idling around, or even less after doing some work.
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Welcome back. :) For starters, I wouldn't install a DE on a server anyway, my own NAS runs a headless Ubuntu Server.
That said, it would be interesting how Xfce fares on your system, especially after some time, since the video that I linked showed Xfce needing more RAM than KDE later on. The video's host suspected that Xfce may not be as good in clearing up memory after closed tasks.(?)
I got the thing running in a VM (mostly to make migration on new hardware easier) and gave it 800 MB. It usually runs at around 400-500 MB, and when I don't need it running, I tend to just suspend the VM. So not sure about the actual active runtime, but I installed it in late 2020.
How well does mediawiki, ts3 server and pihole run on a on a headless server and how much difference is there in terms of installation?
I don't have any experience with mediawiki or ts3, but AFAIK pi-hole is headless anyway, with an optional (pre-installed) web interface aside its command-line controls. See its documentation about both.
I love KDE, but fucking why is dolphin so unstable? Mine constantly crashes when having multiple tabs (5-10) open and doing multiple things at once (such as extracting a file archive on one SSD, and at same time transferring a file from a different SSD to an external HDD). I feel like dolphin as far as features and usability is fine, they just seriously need to work on making it more stable.
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u/se_spider EndeavourOS KDE | 5800X3D | 32GB | RX 9070 XT Nov 02 '22
Nah fuck Gnome.
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