why KDE 3.3 is slow?

hubabuba · 11-06-2004, 02:11 PM

Hey

Just wanted to ask if anyone experienced KDE being slow? That is, everything that I launch such as web browser or any other application, home directory, etc takes ages to open. Ideas on how to fix this are welcome.

thanks

Netizen · 11-06-2004, 03:22 PM

Because its bloated?
what are you computer specs?

hubabuba · 11-06-2004, 05:15 PM

Athlon 1200
PC 133 256MB RAM
ATI RADEON 7200 64MB
7200 40 GB

acid_kewpie · 11-06-2004, 05:30 PM

kde is bloated and gimmicky, just like XP's interface. you can slim it down a little, but why bother? http://fluxbox.org

Zuggy · 11-06-2004, 07:35 PM

My personal favorite windows managers are IceWM and Xfce .

Franklin · 11-06-2004, 08:04 PM

In an attempt to actually answer your question, may I ask if you are stating KDE 3.3 is slow in general or are you saying KDE 3.3 is slower than KDE 3.2 was on Slackware 10 before you upgraded.

If you are comparing an upgrade to a previous version on the same machine, then you may indeed have a legitimate problem that needs to be addressed because, in my case KDE 3.3 is a bit snappier than 3.2 on slackware-current.

If you are just making a statement that KDE 3.3 is slow, then perhaps the other replies are not as f'ing stupid and self-serving as they seemed to me when I first read them.

Maybe some clarification is in order.

irfanhab · 11-07-2004, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Because its bloated?
what are you computer specs?

you must be a gnome...

uncre8tv · 11-16-2004, 10:06 AM

Could be video problem? I have a P4 2.4 w/ 512MB. Just installed FreeBSD 5.3 and KDE 3.3. It ran fine at first but my Raedon 7000 could only go to 6x4 in X, so I put in an old ATI PCI card. Now it displays 10x7, but is too slow to use. I'm talking literal minutes between click and response for opening programs. Most programs do work at normal speed once they're launched though (ie- asteroids, koffice, etc)