Armin K. wrote:
Unrelated:
I don't use GNOME because shell is kinda leaky ... It uses huge amount
of memory after some time so I have to restart the shell from time to
time - usually 2 times a day in order to drop the memory usage. I blame
the javascript usage, given that they use Mozilla's JavaScript library
and even Firefox leaks as hell when on a sites that use way too much
javascript. But the positive thing is that the shell restart process can
be done without restarting the entire session - Just alt+f2 and type 'r'.
KDE is more memory intensive than GNOME is, but at least it stays more
or less the same after 5 or more days of usage (I clear the caches from
time to time though). I did disable akonadi (but I have to deal with
coredump messages in .xsession-errors, which don't bother me that much)
and baloo stuff to free up some memory which is a bit of a win for me.
My personal preference is xfce with seamonkey (web+email) and konsole.
I go weeks without doing any type of reset, but occasionally have to
restart seamonkey, but that is only once every couple of weeks. Current
uptime is 24 days, but I've gone as long as 6 months.
I particularly like xfce's panel customization. If I want a new
terminal, I just click the icon.
I do use the other WM/DEs on a different machine for testing.
One application I personally find no use for is a file manager.
The emphasis on GNOME and W8+ seems to be to make it like a tablet or
phone. That may be fine for a tiny screen, but I think it's
counterproductive for a proper workstation.
-- Bruce
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