From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 2/16/26 03:14, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Actually Plasma 5 was very light but Plasma 6 added back a lot of volume   
   in disk and  memory space. Despite that it contains useful improvements   
   especially to the clipboard.  Sadly KDE has decided to beome dependent   
   on systemd so that it will become much heavier and I will have to give it   
   up as PCLinuxOS is specifically anti-systemd or Poettering's folly as we   
   call it.  I started using KDE about 20 years ago on version 3.57 for   
   Mandriva because it gave me a Desktop Environment on which I could   
   maintain the workflow I had become accustomed to on AmigaOS.   
      
   I have run it on lots of laptops including a thrift shop Inspiron 4000   
   with a 700 MHz coppermine with <1 GB of memory. It came with   
   Windows XP and KDE was as fast as XP once I cut back Virtual   
   Desktops to only 1.   
      
   	KAOS is also trying to kick the Plasma habit as well because  they   
   are unhappy with the increased dependency on systemd.  They have used   
   systemd up to now and so must be waking up to the idea that it is a   
   anti-GNU/Linux kludge.   
      
   bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2026.01- Linux 6.12.71 pclos1- KDE   
   Plasma 6.5.5   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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