> kde-full is a meta-package for complete KDE Software Compilation.
I am aware of that. So are the other packages mentioned. (Though xfce4 and lxde-core, by their nature, pull in rather less stuff.)
I linked to the source, so you can select other packages and draw your own conclusions. Comparing "gnome-desktop-environment" (30 %) to "kde-plasma-desktop" (8 %) paints a less extreme picture.
Posted Oct 27, 2011 10:24 UTC (Thu) by Pawlerson (guest, #74136)
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Last time I checked at linuxquestions KDE was on pair with Gnome. Gnome was so popular, because of Ubuntu and KDE 4.0. Today we have gnome3 mess, Unity and rock stable and polished KDE 4.7.2. Because of these I bet Gnome is less than 20% now.