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by velodrome 4390 days ago
Well, on kubuntu you can install kubuntu-low-fat-settings (not sure if they still offer this):

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-low-fat-settings

Basically, it turns off composting and file tagging services. It reduced the memory requirements and the CPU % dropped to something close to GNOME 2.x or XFCE.