Xfce vs Cinnamon Performance [Linux Mint]

[Admiral Naismith]

Hello,

 

Is there a noticeable performance difference between the Xfce and Cinnamon editions of Linux Mint? Especially on a slow computer with 1gb of ram and an old n455 Atom processor?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Laputacake]

I'd say Cinnamon wouold probably bee lighter.

[Guest]

If I recall from testing Mint 17.1 with both Cinnamon and XFCE on a 2008 Core 2 Duo and 2GB RAM, XFCE was a bit faster.

[Opcode]

Xfce is still lighter, although the memory usage between the two is so minimal. So it boils down to animations and other doodads to take into consideration.

[AshKatchup]

Ive always liked xfce better for its simplicity on my netbook.

if faster than ubuntu's desktop and runs smoother.

I was on a n240 atom 1.66ghz dual core. and let me tell you windows 7 ran like i had the hard drive sitting on a electromagnet.  

put xubuntu on it and it was off to the races.. 

stuck with peppermint os for a while that was good too