[SOLVED] Any tricks to make kde 4.3 faster

Aquarius_Girl · 04-21-2010, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by MTK358

maybe try running top whilt that's giong on

I didn't understand this statement !

MTK358 · 04-21-2010, 08:56 AM

Somehow I could never get the spell checker in Firefox to work here...

Anyway, run the command top.

Aquarius_Girl · 04-21-2010, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by MTK358

Somehow I could never get the spell checker in Firefox to work here...

Oh and I thought you are drunk

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Never seen you posting like this and asking same questions again before, that why !
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Originally Posted by MTK358

Anyway, run the command top.

Ok I shall try that ! Thanks

2handband · 04-22-2010, 07:55 PM

I haven't read the entire thread, but your best bet is probably to upgrade to KDE 4.4.x; It performs significantly better than 4.3.x. Keep in mind, however, that KDE 4.x assumes that you're using relatively modern hardware. If your stuff is old and/or slow you're probably better off with Xfce.

jlinkels · 04-22-2010, 09:28 PM

Your CPU has more than enough horsepower. Check your VGA. There are zillions of reports on which VGA KDE runs smoothly or not at all. Also settings for (expecially) NVIDIA cards which provide a huge improvement. Recently I installed KDE 4.3 reasonably succesful on a Atom 330 + Intel 945 VGA. It is workable, not fast.

I was also running KDE on a NVIDIA FX5200, now I run XFCE on that machine.

KDE is Vistalized, and only with the correct VGA, the correct drivers and the correct driver options you have a chance.

jlinkels

Aquarius_Girl · 04-22-2010, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 2handband

I haven't read the entire thread, but your best bet is probably to upgrade to KDE 4.4.x; It performs significantly better than 4.3.x. Keep in mind, however, that KDE 4.x assumes that you're using relatively modern hardware. If your stuff is old and/or slow you're probably better off with Xfce.

Thanks for the input !

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Originally Posted by jlinkels

Your CPU has more than enough horsepower. Check your VGA. There are zillions of reports on which VGA KDE runs smoothly or not at all. Also settings for (expecially) NVIDIA cards which provide a huge improvement. Recently I installed KDE 4.3 reasonably succesful on a Atom 330 + Intel 945 VGA. It is workable, not fast.

KDE is Vistalized, and only with the correct VGA, the correct drivers and the correct driver options you have a chance.

Thanks for the insight, I shall check my VGA !