KDE :: Running Without Plasma :: Desktop Activities Disabled
Is there anyway to run KDE without Plasma?
At install I opted out of the kdebase-workspace package, but then didn't have the xwmconfig option to run KDE... So I installed the kdebase-workspace package, and now I use a workaround... Code:
# find / -depth | grep plasma-desktop.desktop Now it loads into beautiful void. I still have my GUI, complete with any kApps you might want: konsole, konqueror, and even krunner; but no panels or Desktop Activities. What I wonder now is... Is this the way to do it? Is it still loading plasma only no longer implementing it? Am I losing precious RAM'CPU usage with plasma getting loaded without being used? |
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Forgive me, my original reaction was, 'Well, I never thought of it like that before...'
In all honesty, I like it that way. I use tabbing for my terminals, and other like groups, and move from application to application using the task switcher. Any system information that I might need that would be shown on a panel I pipe into conky. |
Fair enough. I'm kinda lazy about that stuff... I like things out on panels so they're only one click away.
As for plasma, it just isn't that resource-intensive anymore. As of the 4.5 release KDE is as responsive as any other desktop with a similar feature pack. Mine is very snappy with a 2.9Ghz AMD dual-core and 4GB of RAM. |
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You're right, plasma-desktop does run markedly lean...
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not meaning to be a smarta** here but wouldn't just about anything be snappy on a machine like that? </ram_envy> |
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