Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" | Cinnamon vs MATE vs XFCE (RAM Consumption)

[@uberdonkey9721]

Thanks. Great comparison. I'm surprised at the increased RAM usage at rest for MATE amd xfce. With version 21 I'm sure I've had around 370 MB for both. Also, (and I know others have found this, MATE can be lower RAM useage than xfce at rest, though this was the case here woth opened tabs).

[@Einzigartigitsme]

Finally! The video that I needed Thank you🎉

[@CodeInc]

I'm glad the video was helpful for you!

[@richardbaker4974]

Xfce is the easiest for beginners coming from windows. Everyone I installed it for on their desktop or laptop loved it said it was easy to use and customize!!

[@RainyReverie977]

I'm thinking about which desktop to choose, so this was very helpful. Thank you!

[@VeitLehmann]

While RAM consumption is pretty similar, Xfce4 still feels quite a bit snappier on older hardware. E. g. Thunar opens faster than Nemo or Caja. However, if you need fractional scaling and/or like some subtle animations, Cinnamon is the way to go. You might also find its spices useful and appreciate its overall polish. Xfce4 is very customizable as well, and it's really stable and mature. Mate sits somewhere in an awkward position between the two and will probably mostly appeal to GNOME 2 fans.

[@mateus0880]

Thank you very much! Nice content!

[@CodeInc]

Glad you liked it!

[@kodfar7165]

Thanks a lot !!!

[@nahuel427]

Is the difference only about RAM, or does the CPU have more workload with one of them? I have an old Celeron CPU but a lot of RAM to spare

[@equinøx984]

You can see it on the htop screen on the video

[@afterlife4182]

I have an AMD A6 3670 with 6 RAM and an HDD What distro do you recommend? That it's lightweight to be able to play

[@Moises-iv9vr]

I have a quad core Q6600 6GB RAM and an SSD runs smoothly cinnamon

[@ZedkiLuzici]

While your vid does cover the basics in the comparison-go-round, it is too fast and too small to be of much good, I'm not the downloading kinda user so I won't go that route. IF you really wanna be useful, try slowing things down and make them larger and visible for more than mmilli seconds.

[@BldgsFallStraightDwn]

While I appreciate the effort, this doesn't say very much at all. I've been trying Xfce somewhat extensively. It's pretty good and seems solid. It actually DOES have the "Compiz" effects, which I had hoped it would NOT. Compiz is cool, but can cause problems, particularly with gaming. Somehow the extra "load" I guess affects graphics mostly, is what I've read. I turned off all that I can with it. But, I've read you should never try to remove it completely, because it breaks all kinds of stuff, apparently. I HAVE noticed some degradation in games too. But, strangely, the sound is what was affected most. But, perhaps that is just Linux vs. Windows. Anyway, I've looked a lot more lately on Cinnamon. I think Cinnamon might be the best looking and most configurable of these. ... One thing I don't know if can be changed in Xfce is the edge size of windows. In Xfce, it's like 2 pixels thin. It's SO hard to grab an edge it's ridiculous. I've scoured all the settings I can find. Nothing to change just that, as far as I can tell. This alone is making me change to Cinnamon. I resize windows ALL the TIME.

[@blueknyght923]

What causes XFCE to consume more RAM than MATE when opening 10 tabs in the browser?

[@king911]

Really？

[@blueknyght923]

​@@king911 It's right there in the video! 🙄

[@king911]

@@blueknyght923 hi you are right.cool man

[@king911]

So mate or xfce？

[@TacticalPower88]

Mate

[@guilherme5094]

Mate!

[@johnmichalek9802]

Wow! Not much difference……

[@K-CHOMA]

There was a time when XFCE and LXDE was very light GUI. I mean it work perfect on notebooks like Asus eee PC with intel Atom and 2-4 GB of RAM - Cinnamon or Unity/Gnome 3 wasn't that perfect on that. Today every coputer have CPU, GPU and RAM enough to handle every GUI.

[@ЯнакіОлег]

@@K-CHOMA typing from eee pc to you. So could you please tell me an older version of xfce is the way to go right now? And if yes, then which one exacly

[@petyavodolaz]

Watched several comparisons and none of them show how much disk space each variation takes. 🙃

[@imperiajor]

Good Work 👍