Heres his results: <a href="http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/memory/desktop_benchma">http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/memory/desktop_benchma</a> r k.html [kde.org] Later a GNOME dev ran his own tests with a more optimized version of GNOME and GNOME did a bit better, but KDE still won: <a href="http://spooky-possum.org/cgi-bin/pyblosxom.cgi/kde">http://spooky-possum.org/cgi-bin/pyblosxom.cgi/kde</a> vsgnome.html [spooky-possum.org] Looks like reality is a bit different than your beliefs!