--- Luke -Jr [email protected] wrote:
I think you have to look at the whole package.
Only if you're comparing it to a whole similar "package"-- so if you want to compare it with your XFCE desktop, you MUST INCLUDE ALL APPLICATIONS YOU USE in the comparison.
Isn't that what "whole package" means. I think we're saying the same thing here. I'm pretty sure that "whole package" and "all applications you use" are two ways of saying the same thing.
Of course things get complicated once you start running KDE applications in XFCE. Furthermore how do compare a KDE desktop that's using Gnome tools with an XFCE desktop running only XFCE applications? This possibilities go on and on, and I'm not sure you can really compare them except in a clean-room type situation. Take Mint for example, it comes configured for gnome, but i install the KDE desktop. What if I were to remove KDE and install an XFCE desktop? Then what do i have? Do I have a clean XFCE? What about the old gnome stuff? Every distro does something a little bit different. The only way to do a real comparison is to install a base linux (say debian with no gui) on several PCs then manually install KDE, gnome, XFCE, and whatever else. It can be done, but it's not as simple as just getting a distro and installing it.
But, I was really commenting on it being useless to just compare the window managers, because that's not where the lion share of "bloat" is. Although, I have to say I'm fairly happy with KDE 3.5.8.