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minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoI totally support adopting KDE as RPi default DE
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·1 year agoKDE is nice, but it’s also a massive beast not very well suited to low power SBCs.
minus-squareLink@rentadrunk.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI think the Pi 4 and Pi 5 could run it pretty well. Definitely would recommend it for older Pi models though.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoPlasma is one of the lowest resource utilization DEs available. Has been for years now. I get tired of hearing this from people that last used KDE at like version 4.
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoRPis are really low spec though, I tried to run GNOME on my 3b+ and it was so laggy
I totally support adopting KDE as RPi default DE
KDE is nice, but it’s also a massive beast not very well suited to low power SBCs.
I think the Pi 4 and Pi 5 could run it pretty well. Definitely would recommend it for older Pi models though.
Plasma is one of the lowest resource utilization DEs available. Has been for years now. I get tired of hearing this from people that last used KDE at like version 4.
RPis are really low spec though, I tried to run GNOME on my 3b+ and it was so laggy