| Desktop Environment | Window Manager | Display Manager | Operating System | Memory Usage | Processor Usage | Size on Disk | Reboot Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | ✔️ Alpine 3.19 | ✔️ 89MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | ✔️ 342M | 11 Seconds |
| - | - | - | Guix System 1.4.0 | 🟢 101MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | 🟢 1.5G | 🟠 13 Seconds |
| - | - | - | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟢 116MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | 🔵 2.3G | ✔️ 6 Seconds |
| - | i3 4.23 | - | ✔️ Alpine 3.19 | 🟢 117MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | ✔️ 569M | 🟠 14 Seconds |
| - | XTerm (X11) 388 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟢 150MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | 4.2G | ✔️ 6 Seconds |
| - | i3 (X11) 4.23 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟢 154MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | 4.2G | ✔️ 6 Seconds |
| - | ❌ Openbox 3.6.1 2015.07.01 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟢 155MB | 🔵 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 | 🔵 3.2G | 🔵 8 Seconds |
| LXQt 1.4.0 | ❌ Openbox 3.6.1 2015.07.01 | sddm 0.20.0-r3 | ✔️ Alpine 3.19 | 🟢 158MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | ✔️ 801M | 10 Seconds |
| - | Enlightenment Tiling 0.25.4 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🔵 205MB | 🔵 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 | 5.4G | 🔵 8 Seconds |
| - | Enlightenment Computer 0.25.4 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🔵 211MB | 0.13, 0.03, 0.01 | 5.4G | 🔵 9 Seconds |
| MATE 1.26.1 | Metacity Marco 1.26.2 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | ✔️ Alpine 3.19 | 🔵 218MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | 🟢 1.3G | 🟠 14 Seconds |
| LXQt 1.4.0 | ❌ Openbox 3.6.1 2015.07.01 | sddm 0.20.0 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🔵 270MB | 🔵 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 | 5.2G | 11 Seconds |
| LXQt 1.4.0 | ❌ Openbox 3.6.1 2015.07.01 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🔵 276MB | 🔵 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 | 5.2G | 10 Seconds |
| - | - | - | Debian 12.5.0 | 🔵 276MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | 🟢 1.7G | ✔️ 5 Seconds |
| 🟠 Xfce 4.18 2022.12.15 | 🟠 Xfwm4 (X11) 4.18.0 2022.12.15 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 318MB | 🔵 0.07, 0.02, 0.00 | 5.0G | 10 Seconds |
| MATE 1.26.2 | Metacity Marco 1.26.2 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 351MB | 0.13, 0.03, 0.01 | 5.7G | 10 Seconds |
| 🟠 Xfce 4.18 2022.12.15 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | Alpine 3.19 | 402MB | ✔️ 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 | 🟢 1.2G | 11 Seconds | |
| Budgie 10.8.2 | Mutter Budgie 0.9.3? | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟠 500MB | 🟠 0.34, 0.08, 0.03 | 🟠 6.3G | 11 Seconds |
| Pantheon 7.1? | Mutter Gala 7.1.3 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟠 502MB | 🟠 0.36, 0.08, 0.03 | 6.0G | 🟠 14 Seconds |
| COSMIC (Wayland) 7c5d544 on 315532800 | NixOS 24.05pre615148 | 🟠 505MB | 🟠 0.39, 0.10, 0.03 | 🔵 3.9G | 11 Seconds | ||
| Plasma 5.27.11 | KWin 5.27.11 | sddm | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟠 506MB | 🔴 2.02, 0.51, 0.17 | 🟠 6.8G | 🔴 24 Seconds |
| Plasma 5.27.10 | kwin 5.27.10 | sddm 0.20.0-r3 | Alpine 3.19 | 🟠 533MB | 🔴 1.28, 0.30, 0.10 | 🔵 2.2GB | 🟠 17 Seconds |
| GNOME 45.5 (Wayland) | Mutter 45.5 | gdm 45.0.1 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🟠 567MB | 0.21, 0.05, 0.02 | 6.0G | 11 Seconds |
| Cinnamon 5.8.4 | Mutter Muffin 5.8.1 | 🟠 LightDM 1.32.0 2022.07.17 | NixOS 23.11.6418 | 🔴 574MB | 🔴 1.20, 0.29, 0.10 | 🔴 7.0G | 🟠 17 Seconds |
| Gnome 45.3 | Mutter 45.3 | gdm 45.0.1 | Alpine 3.19 | 🔴 684MB | 0.27, 0.06, 0.02 | ✔️ 1.8G | 🔴 21 Seconds |
| ❌ Microsoft Windows 10 | ❌ 2.3GB | 0.04 | ❌ 32.7G | ❌ 53 Seconds | |||
| ❌ Microsoft Windows 11 | ❌ 2.7GB | 0.04 | ❌ 40.0G | ❌ 57 Seconds |
All tests were performed with AMD 6800H 1vCPU, and 4GB RAM.
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