On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 22:49:52 +0100 (CET) [email protected] wrote: > I haven't tried xfce in several years. Has it gotten better since > then? Gnome shell is very fast on my computer so no need for a > lighter DE.
Xfce is much better these days- it is practically as good as GNOME 2 now, and polished too. 4.12 has been a great leap forward in terms of looks and functionality. What was the last version you used? I would recommend Xfce, but I prefer MATE. > The only thing that slows down gnome shell is having > abrowser or icecat with many tabs open. This has nothing to do with whether you are using GNOME or not, but rather with the web browser itself. Of course using GNOME can exacerbate the problem, since it's bloated as fuck, but... not really GNOME's problem. If you have too little RAM, consider switching to Xfce or MATE.
