I just installed LXDE...

[inp o҉rtb]

... and holy SMOKE that was fast o.0

So yeah, I guess I'll be keeping it around for when I don't need the power of KDE4. Perhaps I'll even use it with Enlightenment at the same time.

[The Midnight Coder]

sweet................i use lxde all the time but like switching to fluxbox for some reason or the other

[inp o҉rtb]

Hm... I'll have to test resource consumption of LXDE vs. Enlightenment someday... They're not quite on par with visual appeal ;p

[The Midnight Coder]

Dont forget to post the results

[inp o҉rtb]

Hm... I have to say, RAM usage was pretty similar
It's a pretty simple test. Basically, I switched away from the X terminal and captured the output of free in a file.

KDM (baseline):
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        903736     307920     595816          0       8796     177252
-/+ buffers/cache:     121872     781864
Swap:      1992052          0    1992052

LXDE:
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        903736     331128     572608          0      12044     198040
-/+ buffers/cache:     121044     782692
Swap:      1992052          0    1992052

Enlightenment DR17:
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        903736     324252     579484          0      10344     192760
-/+ buffers/cache:     121148     782588
Swap:      1992052          0    1992052

LXDE used 25MB above baseline, while E17 used 16MB above baseline. That's a pretty small difference because the baseline itself is so high

Next up... any suggestions on CPU tests?

[Warlock]

Enlightenment seems really cool. I might give it a try with Geubuntu.

[inp o҉rtb]

You don't need to install Geubuntu. This should be good enough: http://timony.com/mickzblog/2008/04/15/e17-on-ubuntu-revisited/
It's way better than spending a couple of hundred MB (and mad battery power) on GNOME/KDE/XFCE =p