<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Arial'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">> Quick tip for all digiKam users and developers.<br>
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> Compiled new Qt4.5rc1 (from qt-copy) with raster option, recompiled whole<br>
> KDE and it *flies*.<br>
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> Downsides: lost all OpenGL goodies, excessive blinking in windows<br>
> decorations (once again I am blaming Oxygen, have to try other themes).<br>
> But, guys, it *flies*. Some things are finally usable. Eg. kdiamond was<br>
> totally non- playable, other SVG based apps also were barely working.<br>
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I just tested KDiamonds here with Qt4.4.3 and although I dont quite understand the rules, all animations where perfectly smooth and playable. Driver is radeonhd as chosen by Opensuse.<br>
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> I don't know why but apart from SVG programs speed improvement is<br>
> especially visible in digiKam. So, maybe recompiling whole environment for<br>
> is bit too drastic I encourage all Qt4.5 users to play with<br>
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> digikam --graphicssystem raster<br>
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