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Any reason linking to some anonymous 3rd party site rather than the official source?
Cinnamon is a very demanding desktop that can bring down even high end systems.
No I haven't. Most of the complaints are from older versions with issues been fixed in the meantime. When I say demanding I'm not meaning RAM but rather processing power. Ideally you need an 8 core processor or more but this stems from second hand knowledge.
Have you seen reviews on the latest version?
Straight after a fresh boot, RAM hovers around 380MB-450MB.
Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't sound too demanding to me...?
No I haven't. Most of the complaints are from older versions with issues been fixed in the meantime. When I say demanding I'm not meaning RAM but rather processing power. Ideally you need an 8 core processor or more but this stems from second hand knowledge.
MATE would be more comparable to Windows as Cinnamon is much more advanced than Windows could ever be.