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   The Natural Philosopher to Marc Haber   
   Re: Linux GUIs   
   29 Dec 25 17:25:22   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 29/12/2025 13:29, Marc Haber wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
   >> The KDE folk spent some time (months?) to optimize the memory footprint   
   >> of KDE, and I think it got lighter than XFCE. So I heard. I can not   
   >> imagine how displaying a window with round edges and colour gradations   
   >> and 3D effects can use less memory.   
   >   
   > Just look at how much your desktop takes before and after starting   
   > whatever browser you use. Then stop worrying about the size of your   
   > desktop.   
   >   
   Exactly.   
   It's hard to run a browser that does all you want in less than 1GB.   
      
      
   My home heating controller - a web server running on a pi zero - uses   
   45MB to display  in firefox!   
      
      
      
      
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