gnome-libs vs kdelibs [LWN.net]

gnome-libs vs kdelibs

Posted Nov 8, 2007 14:11 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: Kubuntu Gutsy (Canllaith.org) by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: Kubuntu Gutsy (Canllaith.org)

the problem is, when you run synaptic inside KDE, you are with both gnome-libs and kdelibs in
RAM (plus generated data structures). When you run adept inside KDE, you are only with kdelibs
in RAM. I (kubuntu user here) tend to use krita in opposition to gimp, for instance, mostly
because it starts faster, feels faster in general and doesn't hog the whole desktop. I'm sure
Gnome users feel the same when they run Amarok, for instance.

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gnome-libs vs kdelibs

Posted Nov 8, 2007 18:23 UTC (Thu) by oak (guest, #2786) [Link]

But according to some comments on Kubuntu Gutsy updates, it's the Kubuntu 
package management UI that runs out of memory during distro upgrade 
whereas the gnome tools work for this...  (it's also *much* easier in them 
to view package changelogs before updating to a new version)