TDE running here on a single-core AMD 3200XP with konsole and knotes
open. Headers from "htop" in the konsole:

CPU 	3.0%
Mem 	119/2026MB
Swp```` 0/2000MB

Compares closely to XFCE.. but with the elegance, style, configurability
and range of applications (yes, plenty spare power to run them) of TDE.
.
To switch that a minimalist desktop would be a regression. I tried kde4,
never mind the style, it crawls.

Gnome3 took the same direction as kde4 and is already in Debian Testing.
It is for high-end machines. Gnome2 (in the mainstream) will be axed.

For those who did not know,  Luddism was actually a revolutionary 
movement against new technology being deployed in a way that 
impoverished ordinary peoples' lives. It was countered by the use of 
agents provocateurs, military force, penal transportations and mass 
executions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite.

KDE4 spokespersons should choose their words more carefully (or is 
arrogance their intention?)

David