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I realize XFCE has less eye candy than KDE and that it may end up being a better DE for gaming on Linux because of this. I have KDE set to turn off all desktop rendering effects while in fullscreen mode anyway, so is XFCE really going to improve performance a whole heck of a lot?
I'm not sure staying in the .deb world is actually the greatest thing anymore and am just looking to expand my horizons a little. Any comments would be greatly welcomed.
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If you really want to shave off as much CPU/GPU load as possible you would want to use a WM like Openbox or something rather than a full blown DE anyway, but even then the benefits are slight.
Can't comment on Manjaro though, as I am willing to piss around with my system enough to use Arch. ;)
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That said, Manjaro is a fine distro. Both KDE and XFCE have LiveDVD versions, just give them a try and see how you like them. I know XFCE is supposed to use less resources, but let's face it, compared to modern games, DEs use nearly no resources at all. The difference will not be noticeable.
Out of curiosity, why are you leaving "the .deb world"?
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I was having some weird problem with ALSA and the sound card I have. KDE kept wanting to turn it off and was suggesting that it was behaving like a removable drive. This is not an issue I ever had with Kubuntu or openSUSE with the same sound card. Having it do that once was ok, but it was an issue that arose several times a day. I need sound, this is not something I could live with.
After that problem started I would have certain icons not populate in the taskbar or on the desktop until I restarted the desktop or rebooted the system. Shortly thereafter I was losing icons in Dolphin as well. I don't know if it was an issue with certain updates, but I even reinstalled Manjaro once thinking I really screwed something up (which is most likely the case) but the same issues eventually came back. I eventually tried uninstalling software one package at a time in the reverse order that I could remember installing them to see if it was related to one thing or another, but I could never seem to pinpoint the issue.
Long story short, I have things to do other than troubleshoot my own system. The end of the year is the time when clients call the most and want to buy new hardware for tax purposes and I need to be able to dedicate my time to them. I went back to the 14.04 LTS Kubuntu distribution because I need to be up and running and stable. I'll probably throw my old system back together and play with it as a second computer with Manjaro installed at some point to see if I can replicate the problems, but for now I'll stick with what I know.
Distro-hopping cheers!
Edit: I did not install any different software that I had on Kubuntu or openSUSE. That is why I went back. It just seems odd. Maybe issues with a newer kernal or something? Who knows...