LMDE with different DE's installed

[vger7]

I added XFCE and LXDE to my Debian install.
I now have the choice of which DE and what to start up.

Here are some memory usage numbers (idle + htop running).

Gnome - 151 MB
XFCE - 102 MB
LXDE - 82 MB

LMDE is running on VBox.
OS was shutdown completely and restart before launching the various DE's.
All updates are current.

[darethehair]

Interesting! Thanks for running those DE/memory stats!

[msuggs]

Here are some memory usage numbers (idle + htop running).

Gnome - 151 MB
XFCE - 102 MB
LXDE - 82 MB

Interesting, your Xfce could probably do with a bit more tweaking I can generally get my Xfce installs to run at about the same memory usage as Openbox. The key is to remove the extra plugins that you don't really use.

[craigevil]

LXDE 68.6 MiB

Code: Select all

 python ps_mem.py
 Private  +   Shared  =  RAM used    Program 

 80.0 KiB +  13.5 KiB =  93.5 KiB    klogd
116.0 KiB +  18.0 KiB = 134.0 KiB    irqbalance
120.0 KiB +  33.0 KiB = 153.0 KiB    gnome-pty-helper
132.0 KiB +  24.0 KiB = 156.0 KiB    atd
132.0 KiB +  30.5 KiB = 162.5 KiB    syslogd
152.0 KiB +  31.0 KiB = 183.0 KiB    init
140.0 KiB +  57.0 KiB = 197.0 KiB    ck-launch-session
160.0 KiB +  78.0 KiB = 238.0 KiB    hald-addon-input
164.0 KiB +  78.5 KiB = 242.5 KiB    hald-addon-acpi
200.0 KiB +  78.5 KiB = 278.5 KiB    lxsession
208.0 KiB +  72.0 KiB = 280.0 KiB    hald-runner
252.0 KiB +  29.0 KiB = 281.0 KiB    dirmngr
256.0 KiB +  39.0 KiB = 295.0 KiB    dbus-launch
240.0 KiB +  87.0 KiB = 327.0 KiB    cron
364.0 KiB +  16.0 KiB = 380.0 KiB    dhclient
264.0 KiB + 154.5 KiB = 418.5 KiB    menu-cached
316.0 KiB + 109.0 KiB = 425.0 KiB    su
288.0 KiB + 188.0 KiB = 476.0 KiB    hald-addon-storage (2)
408.0 KiB + 141.0 KiB = 549.0 KiB    getty (6)
652.0 KiB +  78.5 KiB = 730.5 KiB    ntpd
560.0 KiB + 181.0 KiB = 741.0 KiB    dbus-daemon (2)
704.0 KiB + 161.5 KiB = 865.5 KiB    console-kit-daemon
328.0 KiB + 669.5 KiB = 997.5 KiB    udevd (3)
876.0 KiB + 158.0 KiB =   1.0 MiB    xscreensaver
  1.3 MiB + 388.0 KiB =   1.7 MiB    slim
  1.5 MiB +   1.1 MiB =   2.6 MiB    parcellite
  2.4 MiB + 661.5 KiB =   3.0 MiB    openbox
  2.9 MiB + 152.5 KiB =   3.0 MiB    hald
  2.6 MiB +   1.5 MiB =   4.1 MiB    x-terminal-emul
  4.2 MiB +  41.5 KiB =   4.3 MiB    preload
  3.0 MiB +   1.8 MiB =   4.9 MiB    lxpanel
  4.4 MiB + 836.0 KiB =   5.2 MiB    bash (2)
  5.2 MiB +   2.1 MiB =   7.3 MiB    pcmanfm
 22.0 MiB +   1.1 MiB =  23.1 MiB    Xorg
---------------------------------
                         68.6 MiB

[vooid]

well my LMDE (GNOME) setup uses 84 MB at startup

[Joylove]

Openbox (with Tint2) = 54mb

[vger7]

Original numbers were pretty much from out of the box setting.
The only additional startup item was NTP.

But after just some minor changes to the startup items,
and removing pulseaudio, I got
these numbers:

Gnome: 140
LFCE: 92
LXDE: 71

My only gripe now is the speaker volume icon, which is black
on a graduated black background. I haven't found its location
yet to change it.

[craigevil]

Original numbers were pretty much from out of the box setting.
The only additional startup item was NTP.

But after just some minor changes to the startup items,
and removing pulseaudio, I got
these numbers:

Gnome: 140
LFCE: 92
LXDE: 71

My only gripe now is the speaker volume icon, which is black
on a graduated black background. I haven't found its location
yet to change it.

Right-click the panel>Panel Settings>Appearance

[vger7]

Changing the Panel is not the problem.
I like it the way it is.

It's finding the volume icon so i can change it appearance, that is the problem.

[indaymadel]

How about KDE?

[craigevil]

Changing the Panel is not the problem.
I like it the way it is.

It's finding the volume icon so i can change it appearance, that is the problem.

If you change the font to a lighter color the speaker shows up.

[Joylove]

How about KDE?

IIRC around 190~220mb

[phil]

Interesting

My memory usage is:

Gnome with Debian menu, Conky, Thunderbird, and Firefox but no speaker on panel: 105mb
Xfce with , Conky, Thunderbird and Firefox but no speaker on panel: 108mb

I am partial to Xfce and use it most of the time. This is not the computer listed on my signature but the following:
Mint LMDE & Win 7, Intel Atom D510MO @ 1663 mhz, 2g Crucial mem, Vertex SSD, internal Intel graphics.

[jeffreyC]

Debian Squeeze Fluxbox with conky, preload and wicd running 48mb
The same with Xfce 90mb