Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:46:30 -0400 > "H.S." <hs.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago >> in Sid? >> >> The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or >> responsive as the older one. This is on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core >> Processor 5600+ with 2 GB of RAM and GeForce 8600 Nvidia card. On this >> kind of a machine, the GUI should *not* have been sluggish. I really >> hope the KDE people have not pulled a Vista their uses! :) >> >> BTW, plugging a card reader and inserting a CF card caused KDE to hang. >> If this repeats, I will file a bug. >> >> That desktop window which shows all the folders/files on one's desktop? >> That kind of appears to hand if I work on some of the folders there and >> also on a terminal. >> >> Any other experiences worth sharing? >> > > Been using KDE4.2 from experimental for a while and you're right it > doesn't seem as fast as KDE3. Turning off composite made things a lot > faster. Dolphin and okular are awesome. Kate now has vim mode so that's > also interesting...
How do I turn off compositing? I think I have looked everywhere in gui menus. Is it System settings -> Enable desktop effects [no check]? I am currently running with no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Do I add one with compositing set to off? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
