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Subject:    Re: What can be done to accelerate KDE 1.
From:       "Hoyt" <hduff2 () worldnet ! att ! net>
Date:       1999-02-18 2:34:30
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From: BOQUET Laurent <boquetlo@neuronnexion.fr>


>KDE is very good but it is extremely slow on my system.
>I have a Pentium II 233, 64 Mo of RAM, an AGP video card, and I use a
Redhat
>5.1 with after a standard installation. With no personal costumization.
>When I work with KDE, I have the feeling to use Win98 with 8Mo of RAM.
>Recompiling it myself with Pentium optimization ?

Yes ,it helps.

>Not loading all KDE modules ?

Possibly. Also look at what loads and what starts at boot. You may not need
all of it.

>Buy additional RAM ?

One can't be too rich, too thin or have too much ram (the usual technical
qualifcaitions apply).

I upgraded a 486 box from 16 to 32 Mb and saw some speed incease, but not
like what I saw in Windows for a similar increase.

>If nothing can be done I will reinstall Redhat and learn to use Afterstep.
>But in any case I will give up Linux. I have an Internet connection only
for
>a week and I am sick of Windows and of Microsoft.

I also saw some significant increases in overall speed by reading the man
page for hdparm and using that information. The command selection includes a
benchmark timer so you can measure any improvements. This and the kernel
re-compile made the biggest difference on my 486 box.

>PLEASE excuse my grammatical errors and be kind to answer in an easy
English.

I recently worked as a substitute teacher teaching French. What a humbling
experience. Your command of English is much better than my command of
French.

If you don't want to recompile the Red Hat kernel for your Pentium, the
Stampede distribution has just been released. The entire distribution is
re-compiled and optimised for Pentiums.

Hoyt



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