Will using KDE programs use too much system resources?

[Joe Klemmer]

On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 15:18 +0200, Mike Massonnet wrote:

> >         Yes and no.  Loading them will also load the kde gunk which will
> > stay loaded after the programs are closed but since the rest of the kde
> > desktop isn't loaded it won't take up as much resources as it otherwise
> > could.
> 
> Wrong, at least here. When I run a KDE application indeed I have the bunch of 
> KDE background applications but when I close the last KDE application the 
> backgrounds are also closed.

	You're right.  I'm so used to starting up the GNOME and KDE stuff with
Xfce that I hadn't actually tried it without all of that stuff already
resident.

Thanks,
Joe