I’ve heard that too. My understanding is that Xfce doesn’t get updated very often and has become a meme in Linux community for diehards. KDE received a lot of hate in the 2000’s for being the bulkiest and slowest DE. They did a huge overhaul of their code and now it’s one of the fastest. Phoronix has a bunch of tests on their site you can check.
On the why, I don’t know the technical details but it’s a community of 4 or 5 people at Xfce vs a community of >100 at KDE.
I’ve heard that too. My understanding is that Xfce doesn’t get updated very often and has become a meme in Linux community for diehards. KDE received a lot of hate in the 2000’s for being the bulkiest and slowest DE. They did a huge overhaul of their code and now it’s one of the fastest. Phoronix has a bunch of tests on their site you can check. On the why, I don’t know the technical details but it’s a community of 4 or 5 people at Xfce vs a community of >100 at KDE.