On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 07:20:01PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > and have you ever heard of 'code reuse' or 'modularity'? > > It seems - no. > > Because KDE itself might be huge. But once loaded the apps are pretty small - > because they reuse code. kmail does not have its own html engine. It does not > matter where you type your text etc pp. >
I'm sorry, but the "once you load this GB of libs" argument is missing the point entirely... > Overall KDE uses LESS ram then most 'lightweight' solutions. > No. Been around the block investigating this, it's BS. I've investigated this quite thoroughly because I have to support users who need everything to be easy and automatic and pointy-clicky (and preferably shiny too). Frankly, arguing that kde4 is a "lighter weight" solution is something only a hardcore zealot or someone who's not used a WM without a DE could do with a straight face. -- caveat utilitor ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤
