xfce, gnome and kde

[Rafnews]

On 21.11.2013 08:42, Rejy M Cyriac wrote:
> On 11/21/2013 12:43 PM, Rafnews wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i installed on a very old laptop Fedora 19. Firstly i must say that
>> fedora is my favorite OS especially for very old hardware as it works
>> everywhere.
>> so this laptop is for my son to watch cartoons and other children things.
>>
>> when it runs KDE, cartoons are choppy...
>> when it runs XFCE, cartoons runs like hell...so fast, so well
>> when it installed Gnome (to test gnome 2 for example), well... it
>> doesn't allow me to use the gnome shell at all... system display white
>> screen and i must to log off and to chose another desktop
>>
>> so how can i do to make KDE or gnome running movies like hell, like
>> under XFCE desktop ?
>> thx.
>>
>> A.
> XFCE is designed to be lightweight and use less system resources. KDE
> and Gnome would need more system resources to run, and since the old
> laptop may have limited system resources, you experience the negative
> impacts. So for an old laptop with limited resources, XFCE is the best
> choice.
>
> They all work fine on a system with ample resources.
>
if i use KDE in failover mode, it runs like hell too :D
i know this is an old laptop, but for my 3 years old son, it's enough to 
watch cartoons before sleeping :D

i just need to find a player that can shutdown the computer once movie 
is ended...