CDE was a bust on the Mango Pi Quad. I did a fresh install of #Debian server. After updates, I did a full #LXDE install.
So far with I am averaging between 22% to 40% of ram use while running multiple programs.
Due to issues with #flatpak and #snap not showing up, I am going to keep this a purely Debian repo set up.
Things are looking good. The LXDE website wasn’t kidding when they said their DE could run on a potato