Running MATE seems slower than Cinnamon?

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Running MATE seems slower than Cinnamon?

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I've taken MATE for a spin lately, expecting a faster GUI experience. It seems to be slower than my Cinnamon version (both latest LM versions).
I'm running on a laptop with 4 GB RAM on a AMD Athlon X2 processor with ATI Mobility 4570
I prefer the look of Cinnamon, but MATE seems somehow more familiar to me, even though I installed it for the first time. Speedwise however, MATE is slower from simple tasks like opening Firefox, to switching between apps. I just installed the MATE version and changed the panel position to the top, I have not touched anything else.
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Re: Running MATE seems slower than Cinnamon?

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If this is true I might actually switch to Cinnamon. The one and only thing that keeps me with Mate for now is the time in the panel. I know it's kind of silly but I really like the sun clock and it's actually the one thing I don't want to give up. lol Everything else in mate I could take it or leave it.

I wonder if there's a way to get a sunclock in the time like that for Cinnamon? I haven't really used Cinnamon so I don't know.

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I should have asked what window manager are you using because that can make a difference in speed. I'm using compiz and I don't find any speed difference vs marco.
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Re: Running MATE seems slower than Cinnamon?

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Cinnamon Tessa boots about 600ms faster than MATE Tessa on the same ssd.
7.6 seconds vs 8.2 seconds
MATE and caja have always been my mainstay--
However---I have to say Tessa Cinnamon is impressive, and I enjoy using it when I load it
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Re: Running MATE seems slower than Cinnamon?

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did you install the Mate desktop on top of Cinnamon or was it a fresh Mate install?
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trytip wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:35 pm did you install the Mate desktop on top of Cinnamon or was it a fresh Mate install?
I NEVER do this.
good point. I have a new evo coming.
I will repeat the tests with fresh installs before & after full updates, and before/after tweaks
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Re: Running MATE seems slower than Cinnamon?

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trytip wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:35 pm did you install the Mate desktop on top of Cinnamon or was it a fresh Mate install?
My thought too. Installing multiple DEs is going to ruin your OS to some extent and I would not consider speed or most other comparisons meaningful.
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freshtamatic wrote: Fri Dec 28, 2018 6:00 pm Speedwise however, MATE is slower from simple tasks like opening Firefox, to switching between apps. I just installed the MATE version and changed the panel position to the top, I have not touched anything else.
My MATE switches apps instantly. I do have animations disabled though. Maybe also try a different window manager and/or compositor, you can change that via the Desktop Settings tool.
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trytip wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:35 pm did you install the Mate desktop on top of Cinnamon or was it a fresh Mate install?
No, it was a fresh install of LM MATE
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