Re: [PLUG] KDE 3.0...is slow

[Forge <forge@dca.net>]

lists wrote:

> To all using KDE 3.0: Have you noticed that the speed of KDE 3.0 is 
> significantly slower than 2.X?  Fixes? Thoughts?  
>
> After installing SuSE Linux 8.0, which was flawless on some very new 
> hardware, and realizing how slow KDE 3.0 seemed to be, I went ahead 
> and installed the Ximian GNOME Desktop, which, in my opinion, is a 
> very appealing and rich desktop environment.  I haven't used it long 
> enough to run into any difficulties or deficiencies; however, Ximian 
> Evolution seems to be a perfect replacement for MS Outlook.
>
> Michael
>
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It's actually quite snappy here on Gentoo 1.4, compiled with sensible 
opts on GCC 3.2. Might make a difference, though compiling just KDE with 
GCC 3.2 is most likely not feasible, depending on you base distro.



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