From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-15 22:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:27:46 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >   
   >> KDE looked lovely, but was far too heavyweight ...   
   >   
   > It’s not, actually; remember, it’s built on top of the Qt framework,   
   > which is optimized to work efficiently on a wide range of hardware   
   > configurations, including embedded ones.   
   >   
   > When KDE 4 came out, I was able to run it with full 3D effects quite   
   > comfortably on a single-processor 900MHz Celeron machine -- my Asus   
   > Eee 701 netbook.   
      
   That was relatively recent. Further past, KDE was heavy weight. At some   
   point they dedicated a collective effort to trim it, and suddenly it   
   became lean.   
      
   ChatGPT says it happened with the transition from KDE 4.x to KDE Plasma   
   5, starting in mid-2014.   
      
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