I used to believe this too, and unfortunately my experience on Linux kind of backed this up. I assumed that it would always be features = resource usage. XFCE is light because it’s missing things. GNOME is heavy because it has good window management and keyboard shortcuts. Windows 10 is heavy for the same reasons as GNOME.
The trueism kind of works if nothing else changes, but in this case, there’s no reason the codebase between Windows, Linux, and Mac would be the same.
I used to believe this too, and unfortunately my experience on Linux kind of backed this up. I assumed that it would always be features = resource usage. XFCE is light because it’s missing things. GNOME is heavy because it has good window management and keyboard shortcuts. Windows 10 is heavy for the same reasons as GNOME.
The trueism kind of works if nothing else changes, but in this case, there’s no reason the codebase between Windows, Linux, and Mac would be the same.