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flyingosprey

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Registered: 2020-05-09

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On Windows hyper-v VM, why xfce's performance is worse that gnome3?

Simple repro:

Windows 10, setup 2 Ubuntu 20 LTS hyper-v VM, same hardware spec. (Generation 2)

Install xfce on the 2nd VM, restart the VM.

In both VM, press 'a' (don't release). Then use backspace to clean up the typing.

Observed:
The performance of press 'a' and backspace cleanup on xfce is apparently worse than gnome3.

Expected:
xfce should perform better since it's lighter.

Thanks.

flyingosprey

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Registered: 2020-05-09

Posts: 8

Re: On Windows hyper-v VM, why xfce's performance is worse that gnome3?

In hyper-v VM, xfce appears apparently slow than gnome3 (I can fee it. Like mouse responses slowly.).

Generally, on real hardware, xfce performs better. Could it because gnome3 can use some hyper-v graphic acceleration while xfce4 cannot?

flyingosprey

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Registered: 2020-05-09

Posts: 8

Re: On Windows hyper-v VM, why xfce's performance is worse that gnome3?

On interesting observation is:

Ubuntu 20 LTS gnome 3 >> (apparently faster than ) Xubutunu 20 LTS >>  (apparently faster than ) Debian 10.3 xfce

Any suggestion?