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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: KDE, GNOME, and efficiency
From:       Kevin Forge <forge () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2001-03-02 22:18:53
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<sarcasm>
Stop spreading lies.  Everybody knows KDE is bloated and slow.
</sarcasm>

Yeah it's like that.  If this were not a KDe specific list I would 
expect someone to appear to explain the performance difference and 
tell you what to do to make Gnome run better on this specific box.

Truth is we each get different performance on the hardware and 
software we use.  I don't have access to a 486 machine right now 
to compare but how much Ram dose this baby hold ?  Also tell me 
about video cards and distributions.  Did you compile yourself?

Dave Leigh wrote:
> 
> I was asked by a friend to resurrect an old system she'd had that had quit
> working some time ago.  It turned out to be a home-built 486/33Mhz machine,
> and she wanted it for Internet access for three teenage girls that value
> their privacy.  She really couldn't afford a new machine, so I agreed (though
> I've put her on the list for an educational donation when my company next
> upgrades its machines.  Shh... it's a surprise).
> 
> Given the hardware I was working with, I installed Linux instead of
> Windows95.  I finished resolving the hardware issues today and booted the
> thing up. I had some doubts about running any X software at all on it, but
> decided to give it a shot anyway.  Having tried both KDE and GNOME on the
> thing, I have to say that although GNOME was totally unusable, the
> performance of KDE is quite acceptable.  Quite frankly, you have to see the
> difference on a slow machine to really believe the difference.  It says a lot
> for KDE that it can run well on this aging boat anchor whereas the honorable
> competition can't.
> 
> In this age of software bloat I'm pleased to see that efficiency is not yet
> dead.  Congratulations, and keep up the good work.
> 
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