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One of these days, I will switch to KDE.
My OS paradigm started off as a super-lightweight desktop around Openbox, but more and more I got forced to pull in Gnome dependencies to the point that I switching those to KDE dependencies probably wouldn't make a dent in performance.
Speaking of which, what's KDE's mail client like?
There is also Merkuro Mail which has a more modern design that some might prefer (to Kmail).
That is a work in progress and isn't finished.