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minus-squareSapphironZA@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI found a lot of the same. For me I resolved this by changing a few things. Abandon KDE plasma and Gnome. Avoid Snaps like the plague. Linux mint Cinnamon draws 5w on idle only laptop. Ubuntu stock draws 8w. Manjaro plasma uses around 7w.
minus-squarepeople_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIsn’t vanilla KDE Plasma faster and less resource-intensive than Cinnamon? The Mint devs present the XFCE option as a “more lightweight” alternative to the Cinnamon option, and Plasma has been more efficient than XFCE for over three years now.
minus-squareblandfordforever@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’m going to reply with an anecdotal no. On my hardware, cinnamon “feels” faster than plasma.
I found a lot of the same. For me I resolved this by changing a few things.
Linux mint Cinnamon draws 5w on idle only laptop. Ubuntu stock draws 8w. Manjaro plasma uses around 7w.
Isn’t vanilla KDE Plasma faster and less resource-intensive than Cinnamon?
The Mint devs present the XFCE option as a “more lightweight” alternative to the Cinnamon option, and Plasma has been more efficient than XFCE for over three years now.
I’m going to reply with an anecdotal no.
On my hardware, cinnamon “feels” faster than plasma.