• priapus@sh.itjust.works
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    The most important parts are at the end of the CPU and GPU performance sections. They performed the same across all desktops. On most modern systems the desktop you use is not going to have any significant impact on your performance, when software you’re running requires resources, they will be directed towards it.

    Also, low RAM usage is massively overrated, especially by Linux users. Your RAM is there to be used, leaving it unused is a waste. It is good for your desktop to be caching a lot of data in RAM when it is otherwise unused. It’s only an issue if its still utilizing an excessive amount of RAM when other apps need it more.

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      This is actual RAM used by the desktop environments that is not available for cache. That is the number he gets from top, it doesn’t include the disk cache. The DE won’t use less RAM even when Firefox needs it, because it is not cache, it cannot be dropped if needed, you just have less RAM available for you applications.