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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] KDE's performance
From:       "Anthony W. Marino" <anthony () AWMObjects ! com>
Date:       2002-01-28 18:19:44
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On Monday 28 January 2002 10:16 am, Charles Marcus wrote:
> Along these lines, I would be *really* interested in a kinda 'cheat-sheet'
> list of all of the processes that KDE runs with the default installation,
> and what each does, and most importantly, which ones I can turn off and
> how.  Also any options that don't actually run a separate process, but
> still take up resources.
>
> Charles

+1

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kde-linux-admin@mail.kde.org
> > [mailto:kde-linux-admin@mail.kde.org]On Behalf Of Frans Englich
> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 4:42 PM
> > To: kde-linux@mail.kde.org
> > Subject: [kde-linux] KDE's performance
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Alot of people whine about KDE consuming of memory and CPU
> > power. And it's not
> > only the trolls at slashdot that claim that.
> > This is some of the different opinions I've heard/read on this matter:
> >
> > 1. KDE is fancy. It got alot of features and alot of
> > eyecandy. Who've said
> > that it doesn't cost performance? In any case, have you
> > looked at Look and
> > feel i Kcontrol? Alot of the CPU consuming features is
> > optional, like applet
> > animations.
> >
> > 2. Come on, it's not the 80' any longer! Memory is cheap,
> > processor power is
> > cheap - why don't use the power? The most computers meat
> > KDE's demand today.
> > Let's make something that actually use all the horsepower
> > available. In other
> > words, it's just foolish to think that anything like a
> > Pentium 100mhz's would
> > run a desktop enviroment as rich as KDE.
> >
> > 3. X is bloated.. It's X' fault.
> >
> > 4. "Have you tried KDE with objprelink? Ever done all the
> > mumbo jumbo tweaks?
> > KDE will fly if you do!"
> >
> >
> > This is how I look at it:
> >
> > I agree to a certain extent on paragraph 2 but it's becoming
> > a little bit
> > extreme. I'm running KDE HEAD on an Thunderbird 750Mhz,
> > 128mb, Geforce2 and
> > the kernel/drivers optimized for my hardware but KDE is still
> > sluggish. I
> > know, it is alpha but KDE 2.2.2 wasn't much faster.
> >
> > 4 - Yeah, I've actually tried it. It's great. But it looks
> > like the targeting
> > audience isn't those who are able to apply all the tweaks. Does the
> > distributions come with all the tweaks applied to KDE? Nope..
> >
> > 3 - In my opinion, X is quite alright. It got a huge set of
> > features which
> > takes years to develope and mature. Until any of the other
> > projects like
> > DirectFB got the same functionality and better performance
> > I'll surrender.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have absolutely no insight in KDE internals/framework nor
> > how Qt and X work
> > and can thus not make a decent comment. But I would *really*
> > like to know the
> > the explanation to KDE's consuming. I would also like to know the
> > strategy/goal that the KDE team has set up; Is there any
> > plans on optimizing
> > KDE's performance? What's the policy? Is it considered an
> > issue that KDE
> > consumes much resources? Is there any realistic to do about it?
> >
> > Ofcourse, I'm not asking you to reply with an essay on this
> > but if you
> > redirected me to an article, IRC log, mailinglist thread or
> > whatever I would
> > gladly accept it. And if you got any comments on this letter they're
> > appreciated too.
> >
> > keep up the good work,
> > Frans
> >
> > frans.englich@telia.com
> >
> >
> >
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