Parrot OS vs. Kali Linux: Can XFCE Bridge the Performance Gap?

The user reports that Parrot Security OS, despite its appealing tools and design, exhibits noticeable lag and slow response times on a high-spec laptop compared to Kali Linux. They attribute Kali’s faster performance to its XFCE desktop environment, noting quicker boot times and smoother file management. The user asks whether replacing Parrot’s default MATE/KDE environment with XFCE would yield the same speed improvements and if Parrot has similar resource-heavy services (like plocate-updatedb) that could be disabled for faster boot times.