TDE running here on a single-core AMD 3200XP with konsole and knotes open. Headers from "htop" in the konsole:
CPU 3.0% Mem 119/2026MB Swp```` 0/2000MB
Compares closely to XFCE.. but with the elegance, style, configurability and range of applications (yes, plenty spare power to run them) of TDE. . To switch that a minimalist desktop would be a regression. I tried kde4, never mind the style, it crawls.
Gnome3 took the same direction as kde4 and is already in Debian Testing. It is for high-end machines. Gnome2 (in the mainstream) will be axed.
For those who did not know, Luddism was actually a revolutionary movement against new technology being deployed in a way that impoverished ordinary peoples' lives. It was countered by the use of agents provocateurs, military force, penal transportations and mass executions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite.
KDE4 spokespersons should choose their words more carefully (or is arrogance their intention?)
David