Anyway I can turn KDE a little smoother?

Thakowbbery · 02-21-2006, 01:40 PM

Greetings
Is there anything I can do to make KDE run a little "faster"?
Like, reducing graphical features or anything else?
And how do I do that?

satinet · 02-21-2006, 02:56 PM

yes

1) get a faster machine
2) get more memory

lol

3) go to the k menu. somewhere there is a the startup wizard thing that you get when you 1st run kde - you can adjust the amount of effects thre

4) if the graphics are slow intall the nvidia /ati drivers if you have that card. it really speeds up rendering

5) use hdparm to check for dma (hdparm -l /dev/hda1)

6) remove unused apps and software

Artanicus · 02-21-2006, 03:18 PM

If you dont have the wizard as a menu entry, you can always run it this way:
Press F2, type: kpersonalizer and hit enter. This should work on all distributions except SuSE, for some weird reason they don't package it with ther KDE.. /:

Anyways, all of the options the wizard sets are available all around the look and feel section of the control panel but the wizard realy is the fastest way.

satinet · 02-21-2006, 03:21 PM

people say KDE is so slow, but if you dont run loads of effects and have a reasonable well tuned machine you dont need great specs.

i had vector linux running on an 850mzh athalon with 384mb of ram and a GeForce 2. i was quite fast.

but that leads to an important point - some distros are 'faster' than others. the aformentioned vector being a good example.

suse being, arguably, slower.....

Thakowbbery · 02-21-2006, 04:01 PM

Actually, Suse is my distro

Guess I'll have a hard time looking through it.
But thanks everyone, I really apreciate the help

satinet · 02-21-2006, 04:04 PM

maybe u can download or compile kperonaliser. dont see why it's wouldnt work...

also check dma. and you'll need 512mb of ram i would say..