Try disabling kde indexing (ie. strigi) - it should slightly speed things up.

If you mean the bouncing icons, get rid of them through System Settings => Look & Feel => Desktop => Launch Feedback, there's a drop-down menu, select "No busy cursor".

Thanks for bothering !

I found this thread, haven't tried it yet though !

That I know, but still it will take same amount of time, right ?

and when i'll get to your age, Brian, I don't think i shall have any enthusiasm left to ..

Yeah, the underlying processes are still taking place, but without annoying bouncing indicators that something is happening.

Oh, I still get enthusiastic about some things, even at my age. ;) :)

That's why i admire you..

I shall try what sycamorex said and see if that helps in speeding up things somewhat !

Bouncing cursor?

But I thought you aren't running KDE?!?

You again missed post# 30

You asked me
"What's so bad about just having KDE installed?" and i replied accordingly (bouncing cursor problem due to slowness) !

But you aren't using KDE, are you?

I am using LXDE right now and trying to find ways to get around the slowness of KDE, so that i don't have to install two desktop environments !!

I don't understand why you have the bouncing cursor even though you are not running KDE.

I don't know, maybe removing KDE and installing Marble?

Are you feeling sleepy right now ? :D (That was a joke)

I told you that bouncing cursor problem (slowness) occurs when I run KDE !! I am trying to figure out how to get around that problem ! (though i am not running KDE right now)

OK, I understood that you wanted to get rid of KDE.

Anyway, is the problem the bouncing cursor itself, or the fact that something is working in the background (causing the bouncing cursor)?

Yeah that's the problem !! That consumes time and sometimes hangs the system !

It's probably something that's tightly integrated into KDE :)

Anyway, maybe try running top whilt that's giong on, and that way you might find out what's happening?