AFAIK, this is the main goal of KDE 3.2 - increasing interface responsiveness and launch speed, rather than bloating KDE with more features. KDE 3.1 offers some improvements in that field, too. I have to tell you, though, that on a reasonable machine KDE runs almost as fast as winXP, and in some sonses even faster.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben-Nes Michael [mailto:miki@;canaan.co.il] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Shaul Karl > Subject: Re: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what? > > > I feel that Linux became slow in everything regarded to GUI. > way too slow. While it seems the Microsoft XP work much > faster ( the boot and the GUI ) > > Its not only the speed also the smoothness is better at Microsoft. > > Something must be done :( > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:17 AM > Subject: [OT] Moving away from KDE to what? > > > > In a continuation to the office suit launch speed > discussion it might > > be interesting to look at the following thread from > debian-user. The > > URL is > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200211/su bject.html > > and one should look for `[OT] Moving away from KDE to what?'. > > I am aware to the fact that due to the Hebrew thing we need > > {KDE,GNOME} much more then US users. I also didn't check > whether they > > were discussing KDE2 or KDE3. > > > > While on this subject, is it true that GUI is more > integrated into Win > > kernel then the Linux kernel? Another side of the same coin is that > > maybe X is much more {big,bloated} then Win. > > > > For those who want the URL summarized, here is the first > message on > > that thread: > > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:08:05AM +0100, Alex Polite wrote: > > > I visited my mother last week to help her setup her DSL > connection. > > > While doing so I realized that her Windows 2000 350 MHz > box is a lot > > > more responsive then my Debian/GNU/KDE 500 MHz box. > > > > > > So out goes KDE. > > > > > > I tried out the minimalistic ratpoison an ion wms and > kind of like > > > them. At least they are fast. But they don't handle apps > like gimp > > > or > xmms to > > > well. Now I'm looking something in the middle ground. > > > > > > Here are the requirements: > > > > > > 1) Must be able to "maximize window to available space" a la > > > enlightenment. > > > > > > 2) Must support multiple sequence key bindings a la emacs. > > > > > > 3) Must be fast. > > > > > > 4) Must be faster. > > > > > > alex > > > > > > -- > > > Alex Polite > > > http://plusseven.com/gpg > > > > > > > -- > > > > Shaul Karl, [EMAIL PROTECTED] e t > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > > word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo > > unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run > the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
