From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-29, c186282 wrote:   
      
   > On 12/28/25 21:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:10:05 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Can you explain in a few words the difference betwen LXDE and XFCE?   
   >>   
   >> Last I recall, LXDE is one of those lightweight GUIs, XFCE is not.   
   >   
   >   XFCE is still pretty "light". It is a little more   
   >   'integrated', with a little more 'eye candy', than   
   >   LXDE however. If you can't find an LXDE install for   
   >   yer distro then use XFCE as the next-best.   
   >   
   >   Now if you're using something like a PI then   
   >   LXDE or a close mutation IS what you want just   
   >   to save memory/CPU/GPU.   
      
   This may be subjective and also adversely affected by memory but I think   
   I recall a point nearly two decades ago where XFCE was "light" and   
   changed (was it around the time of GTK+2?) in a way that made it more   
   "bloated" than it was before.   
      
   These days, all I need is a window manager, so it's perhaps easier to   
   get something "lighter".   
      
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