>> KDE 4.4 is lighter than KDE 3.5 was, even with desktop effects >> enabled. The only time you will see it appear that KDE 4 is "heavy" is >> if you are loading the Qt3 libraries in addition to the Qt4 libraries, >> for instance by using KDE3 applications. I understand that some people >> still need Quanta or the old Kdevelop, but if you are not using KDE 3 >> applications (and therefore loading Qt3 libraries) then Qt4 is lighter >> than Qt3 was. > > Did you measure it? If so, how? >
Actually, I personally have not. However, this was actually the design goal of Qt4 and many users have tested and reported lower memory usage in KDE 4 compared to KDE 3. I don't know about CPU, though. Also, the last time I ran KDE 3.5.10 it felt was noticeably lagging compared to my then-current KDE 4.3 setup on the same hardware. Note that the KDE 4.3 even had quite a few other apps installed, and the KDE 3.5.10 was a new install that I did to triage a possible regression. Like I said, though, if you need Qt3 libraries in addition to Qt4 (for Quanta, for instance) then you will be using the memory of _both_, naturally, and that is a lot! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/t2k880dece01005060833m28d2878cj50e94205c9cb0...@mail.gmail.com
