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On Sunday 02 October 2005 15:58, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 08:12:56AM +0100, Dave S wrote |
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> > Hi all, |
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> > I have a PIII 700Mhz, 256MB RAM, Finances are somewhat tight (read |
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> > that as very tight) but I could do with some more speed when playing |
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> > with python scripts + KDE can be a tad sluggish. |
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> Running a fat bloated resource-hogging "desktop" like GNOME or KDE |
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> means that you're wasting a lot of system resources on Windows-like |
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> eye-candy. Before spending any money, try switching to a lightweight WM |
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> (Window Manager) like "blackbox". If you want a "control panel" use the |
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> "fbpanel" app. You have to set things up manually, but things run a lot |
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> quicker. Note; you can run KDE and GNOME *APPLICATIONS* without running |
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> a GNOME or KDE *DESKTOP*. |
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> I run applications, not desktops. |
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some people like the fat,. bloated, eye-candy heavy desktops - especially full |
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experience of all components working together. |
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Not all people choose kde/gnome because of their looks, but because they WANT |
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a complete desktop environment. |
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btw - some time ago I let glxgears run on several wm - and it was the fastest |
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on kwin and integrity (both qt based) and slower on gtk-based wm... |
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