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I need help picking a lightweight touch friendly DE
(pawb.social)
You can give KDE/Plasma a try
I can definitely vouch for Plasma, the Steam Deck comes with it and it's great
Is plasma more lightweight than gnome?
Oh yes, by several metric tons. I've used both, calling GNOME lightweight would be hilarious.
I love plasma and it's my go-to desktop, but it's also one of the heavier ones and I'm not sure it'll play nice with just 2GB of RAM. Maybe XFCE or something even lighter like LXDE/LXQT.
Trinity might be a little easier for touch as well, though I haven't personally used that one in years
The idea that plasma is very heavy weight is an outdated one. You should give it a try.
You should try reading again, including the part where I indicated "it's my go-to desktop" (as in, what I use in the majority of machines).
I also have an old acer with 2GB of RAM. While it can run KDE, a standard install with such will not run very well. Been there, tried that.
(Also, if you read the article even the dude mentioned apparently moved to XFCE)
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