Looking for a fast distro with KDE4

AMA · 05-02-2009, 06:35 AM

Hello,

I'm searching since quite some time a fast and simple distro which comes with KDE4. I've already tried Kubuntu, but it ran too slow on my computer. Then I found Chakra, and I thought it was exactly what I wanted. Unfortunately I couldn't install it.
So now I turning toward you guys to help me find a nice and fast KDE4 distro.

By the way, here my computer:
Toshiba Tecra (a laptop)
CPU 1.80Ghz
256MB of RAM
Is it enough to run KDE4, or am I just losing my time looking for this distro?

Thanks!

pixellany · 05-02-2009, 06:41 AM

I would not use "fast and simple" and "kde 4" in the same sentence........

Your computer is a bit marginal for any "full-size" distro/desktop combo. Can you at least add some RAM?

Chakra is a combination of Arch and "kdemod"---the authors started with kdemod, which is advertised as kde optimized for Arch---and it still available.

For that machine, Arch would be a good choice, but I would use something like XFCE, IceWM, or one of the other "lean and mean" window managers.

AMA · 05-04-2009, 12:23 AM

I heard that Arch+KDEmod was pretty fast. I think I'll give it a try, because I really don't like window managers.

computerophil · 05-06-2009, 02:54 AM

I read about edu-nix it is a SLAX with KDE 4.2.0 - Maybe it's what you are trying o find

http://www.edu-nix.org/slaxcenter/kde4.2.0.php

melk600 · 05-15-2009, 10:07 AM

Mandriva 2009 is the quickest (compared to other distros I've tried). And it is definitely simple. As close to "it just works" as Linux gets (and that means Ubuntu also).

Mike