This is my Slackware desktop...

enorbet · 02-20-2022, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SCerovec

I so miss KDE being lean and fast, maybe one day...

Compared to what? On my main box the difference between Xfce and KDE is about 1% on a 16GB system. Xfce uses around 700+ MB at idle and KDE uses around 840MB. Running various benchmarking apps results in identical scores. Perceived "snappiness" can be changed by adjusting animation speed in KDE. Even at default, middling setting, KDE does not feel slower than Xfce. Set at "Instant" it's ridiculous fast.

I can easily disable services to get KDE under Xfce resource usage but what would be the point? I like the services and there is zero apparent difference in performance.

tkor · 02-20-2022, 03:40 PM

my slack machine

SCerovec · 02-20-2022, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

Compared to what? On my main box the difference between Xfce and KDE is about 1% on a 16GB system. Xfce uses around 700+ MB at idle and KDE uses around 840MB. Running various benchmarking apps results in identical scores. Perceived "snappiness" can be changed by adjusting animation speed in KDE. Even at default, middling setting, KDE does not feel slower than Xfce. Set at "Instant" it's ridiculous fast.

I can easily disable services to get KDE under Xfce resource usage but what would be the point? I like the services and there is zero apparent difference in performance.

Were i using solid state disks i would probably conclude that too, alas my spinner begs to differ - XFCE still opens less files to desktop than KDE and the login manager (XDM in my case) saves some on top of that too.

And mind You, thanks to Seb, the XDM isn't a smidge boring as it used to be prior to the ricing.

Which reminds me we haven't posted riced XDM screenshots yet? or have we?

GazL · 02-20-2022, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MightyBaba

I am deeply jealous of your beautiful menu. Mine is gray and ugly with a tiny font, nothing I would dare to show on a forum! Would you mind sharing the MenuStyle part of your Fvwm script please?

Glad you like it. I'm still using the same config here.

Here's the full config file. you can pull the bits you like from it.

medictruck · 02-21-2022, 12:04 AM

Slackware 15, on autopilot.

enorbet · 02-21-2022, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SCerovec

Were i using solid state disks i would probably conclude that too, alas my spinner begs to differ - XFCE still opens less files to desktop than KDE

It may be more about total RAM available since obviously I'm unconcerned about the 140MB extra noted above for a 16GB system. So I booted up an i5-3550 box with mechanical drives that has half that RAM - 8GB. However since that is a secondary streaming box there are fewer KDE services activated so while Xfce does still show slightly less files open, it uses ~680MB RAM at idle and KDE Plasma 5 uses ~690MB. Again there is no discernible difference in performance whether I use Xfce's own compositor or substitute KWin.

FTR I don't dislike Xfce. I used it as Main for almost 2 years when KDE v4 first came to Slackware since it was a pig back then. I still have a 32 bit 14.0 install on this newest Main box running Trinity and 2 other older distros running OG KDE 3.5 and there can be no doubt v3 was FAST. Trinity is still quite usable but it does lack some features 4 and 5 have and some of those are worth the cost.

The point of this response, though is as it began from me, "compared to what?"

SCerovec · 02-21-2022, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

It may be more about total RAM available since obviously I'm unconcerned about the 140MB extra noted above for a 16GB system. So I booted up an if-3550 box with mechanical drives that has half that RAM - 8GB. However since that is a secondary streaming box there are fewer KDE services activated so while Xfgce does still show slightly less files open. it uses ~680MB RAM at idle and KDE Plasma 5 uses ~690MB. Again there is no discernible difference in performance whether I use Xfce's own compositor or substitute KWin.

FTR I don't dislike Xfce. I used it as Main for almost 2 years when KDE v4 first came to Slackware since it was a pig back then. I still have a 32 bit 14.0 install on this newest Main box running Trinity and 2 other older distros running OG KDE 3.5 and there can be no doubt v3 was FAST. Trinity is still quite usable but it does lack some features 4 and 5 have and some of those are worth the cost.

The point of this response, though is as it began from me, "compared to what?"

Damn, You realy make me want run KDE one of these days and re-check again (FTR i did run the Plasma on AlienBOB's (there simply are no enough kudos for this man o/) live - i was almost impressed)

BratPit · 02-21-2022, 09:06 AM

15 with xfce

deNiro · 02-21-2022, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pghvlaans

Sure! Here's what I have in $HOME/.Xdefaults:

Code:

URxvt.color0: #000000
URxvt.color1: #c43535
URxvt.color2: #35c435
URxvt.color3: #c4c435
URxvt.color4: #2467ff
URxvt.color5: #c435ac
URxvt.color6: #08a0c8
URxvt.color7: #ababab
URxvt.color8: #556bd6
URxvt.color9: #d25a5a
URxvt.color10: #5ad25a
URxvt.color11: #d2d25a
URxvt.color12: #3875ff
URxvt.color13: #d25abe
URxvt.color14: #26aed2
URxvt.color15: #cacaca

URxvt.scrollBar: false

URxvt.background: black
URxvt.foreground: gray
URxvt.cursorColor: gray
URxvt.cursorBlink: true
URxvt.cursorUnderline: true

URxvt.geometry: 99x33
URxvt.jumpScroll: false
URxvt.skipScroll: true
URxvt.scrollTtyKeypress: true

URxvt.iconFile: /usr/share/icons/Tango/scalable/apps/utilities-terminal.svg

URxvt.font: xft:Iosevka Term Slab MdEx:pixelsize=14:antialias=true:autohint=true,\
            xft:Sarasa Term J Semibold:pixelsize=14:antialias=true:autohint=true
            xft:Unifont:pixelsize=14,\
            xft:Unifont Upper:pixelsize=14

Unifont is at SlackBuilds online under the name "gnu-unifont." Iosevka is here and Sarasa (CJK fallback) is here.

Thanks! really liked those fonts

lancsuk · 02-22-2022, 05:07 AM

15 with DWM

montagdude · 02-22-2022, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by medictruck

Slackware 15, on autopilot.

Nice kite! Here's my Slackware 15 desktop, with a picture taken from a kite.

kmreiserfs · 02-22-2022, 10:20 AM

My Slackware current (15.0) and my VPS still with 14.2

https://imgur.com/a/Ra9CPOi

MightyBaba · 02-22-2022, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GazL

Glad you like it. I'm still using the same config here.

Here's the full config file. you can pull the bits you like from it.

Wonderful. I have pulled the bits I wanted. Thank you. I have a poor eye for aesthetic so I steal other people's work wherever I can.
The theme is a modified playstation-blue. wmclock and wmbiff are docked in the top left corner. A 3-desktop pager is in the top right corner. Minimized icons pile up on the bottom left side. There is a menu I barely use - most of what I need is accessible via shortcut keys else I dmenu it. No status or task bar. It is set up to open 4 xterm/windows (with a Nouveau IBM font that imitate the old VGA raster font) that I square with some tiling shortcuts. Note that I am slightly cheating here as I prefer black xterms over transparent urxvts.

For the story, I hated both Fvwm and Slackware in the 90's before doing a complete U-turn in the 2000's. For Slackware, it was due to my then boss propagandising me all day long with Slackware and *BSD, on how stable and lean they were, etc. And this is how I see Slackware indeed: a BSD system with a Linux kernel. I came to like Fvwm through this article. That's all.

elcore · 02-22-2022, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by montagdude

Nice kite! Here's my Slackware 15 desktop, with a picture taken from a kite.

Hey montagtdude, since you're already flying, have you got a source for any hi-res woodland shots?
I've got only a few shots like this below for example, from the net.
Only interested if it's woodland, no roads etc.
It'd help if they were released pub. domain or something, so I could use them in a project..

montagdude · 02-22-2022, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by elcore

Hey montagtdude, since you're already flying, have you got a source for any hi-res woodland shots?
I've got only a few shots like this below for example, from the net.
Only interested if it's woodland, no roads etc.
It'd help if they were released pub. domain or something, so I could use them in a project..

Hey elcore,

I don't think I have anything like that. Most of my shots have lakes, roads, and/or rivers in them. However, you can poke around the galleries at my website and feel free to download and use any pictures that suit your needs. I can provide high-res versions without a watermark too.