To Maked Speeds

I'm currently looking into Linux and Ubuntu has caught my eye. However, I've noticed that Xubuntu appears to be the same thing, but lighter on resources. If Xubuntu is so much faster, why is Ubuntu more popular? It doesn't sound like their are more features. Am I missing something?

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Xfce started out being lean and fast but is slowly succumbing to bloat like all the other desktop environments.

It's still quite peppy and usable, though. Very easy to use.

Gnome isn't quite as slow as people make it out to be. It's definitely more responsive than KDE. However, I think Gnome's idea of a desktop is brain-dead. Trying too hard to not be Windows. The code underneath is a nightmare too, but, that only concerns nerds.