Native to desktop environment

[maja_ldm]

I often wondered on the implication of a program being native to a certain desktop environment. Is it just about GUI style or there are other implications on the performance side?

Which means: if I use an old machine, should I try to stick to the DE to which the software I normally use is native or using a "lightweight" desktop environment may compensate a possible decrease in performance when using "non native" programs?

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