From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:28:40 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-15, 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.   
   >   
   > How much memory was used, and did it have a, let's say,   
   > not-bleeding-edge and not-fully-accelerated GPU?   
      
   I wasn't able to get the Q4OS KDE DE installed due to memory limitations   
   and went with the lighter Trinity DE. It derived from KDE 3.5.   
      
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