On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:11:02 +0100 Carles wrote: > In my opinion, the Light is relative to the times. As long as it is > "lighter" than other alternatives is ok.
some will always still prefer "as light as possible" to "ok" from that perspective, you will probably like LXQT then - that is probably their rationale too - o/c that also is relative to new x86 computers, which most people in the world can not afford to own - in perspective, LXQT is lighter than a relatively small number of alternatives; but much heavier than most - to be more accurate, i refer to LXQT a middle-weight, because that is where it lies on the full spectrum of the WM/DEs that people are actually using today - i would not want to see LXDE approach anywhere near LXQT on the full spectrum the full spectrum: https://l3net.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/cmp-all4.png on that chart, 'razor-qt' is approximately what became LXQT - that chart is about a decade old - most likely, all examples below (heavier than) LXDE have gotten yet heavier since that time; while LXDE and those above it (lighter than) have probably not grown significantly - yet clearly, LXDE is relatively heavy by comparison with the "minimal" examples, as i refer to those - some of those are still quite popular today and gaining popularity, such as 'sway', which did not yet exist when that chart was made to make that judgment objectively, one really must take into account the rising popularity of SBCs and ARM laptops to appreciate that relatively, most of those computers have the same or less power and memory as most PCs people were using in 2009 - many of those are still in use also so yes, naturally it is relative; but no longer relative only to bleeding-edge x86 machines each year, but relative to the computers that each individual user is actually using at any time - those sets were much the same in 2009; but times have changed - non-x86 computers are much more popular and affordable now _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
