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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Classmate etc compiles
From:       "Elio Cuevas" <elcugo () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-08-29 18:48:37
Message-ID: a29e06b20708291148v8cb2d68jc02635f15adb5c3f () mail ! gmail ! com
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2007/8/28, Luciano Montanaro <mikelima@cirulla.net>:
>
> >
> > I have the impresion that Linux and KDE are not made for old or lowend
> > machines. Not with a lot of work anyway. New distros are every day
> becoming
> > more and more dificult to install in these machines.
> >
>
> Linux is used in very small systems too, so there's no problem there. It
> may
> help to tweak the configuration options...


Yes, but it still requires a somewhat powerful system. I guess it's ok since
Linux itself is very powerful that wasn't designed to run embedded and the
fact it can probes its flexibility.

And KDE (KDE3, I mean) can already run quite well on not-too recent
> hardware.
> CPU power is not too important for normal tasks, but more than say 256MiB
> of
> RAM is needed to work without too much swapping. With tweaks, you may have
> a
> minimal, if swap-happy, system with even less memory than that, if you
> take
> care of disabling memory intensive stuff (like, using a solid color as the
> desktop background). I didn't try KDE4 on older systems yet (unless you
> consider my desktop an old system: Athlon 2200, 1GB RAM and Radeon 9250),
> but
> it should not be much worse... or it could be made to work well, maybe
> with
> simpler decorations than Oxygen.


I tried to run KDE3 once in an old system and the experience wasn't very
nice :-(. It was a few years ago so maybe the situation has improved since.

With a bit of work on KDE components, the situation may improve.
>
> Luciano
>
>
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2007/8/28, Luciano Montanaro &lt;<a \
href="mailto:mikelima@cirulla.net">mikelima@cirulla.net</a>&gt;:<div><span \
class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px \
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> \
&gt;<br>&gt; I have the impresion that Linux and KDE are not made for old or \
lowend<br>&gt; machines. Not with a lot of work anyway. New distros are every day \
becoming<br>&gt; more and more dificult to install in these machines. \
<br>&gt;<br><br>Linux is used in very small systems too, so there&#39;s no problem \
there. It may<br>help to tweak the configuration options...</blockquote><div><br>Yes, \
but it still requires a somewhat powerful system. I guess it&#39;s ok since Linux \
itself is very powerful that wasn&#39;t designed to run embedded and the fact it can \
probes its flexibility. <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;">And KDE (KDE3, I mean) can already run quite well on not-too \
recent hardware.<br> CPU power is not too important for normal tasks, but more than \
say 256MiB of<br>RAM is needed to work without too much swapping. With tweaks, you \
may have a<br>minimal, if swap-happy, system with even less memory than that, if you \
take <br>care of disabling memory intensive stuff (like, using a solid color as \
the<br>desktop background). I didn&#39;t try KDE4 on older systems yet (unless \
you<br>consider my desktop an old system: Athlon 2200, 1GB RAM and Radeon 9250), but \
<br>it should not be much worse... or it could be made to work well, maybe \
with<br>simpler decorations than Oxygen.</blockquote><div><br>I tried to run KDE3 \
once in an old system and the experience wasn&#39;t very nice :-(. It was a few years \
ago so maybe the situation has improved since.  <br></div><br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">With a bit of work on KDE components, the situation \
may improve.<br><br>Luciano <br><br><br>&gt;&gt; Visit <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> \
to unsubscribe &lt;&lt;<br></blockquote></div><br>



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