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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Carlos E. R.   
   Re: Linux Mint may make fewer releases a   
   16 Feb 26 20:36:18   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:14:18 +0100, 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.   
      
   2008??   
      
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