It's the price of progress. Newer version of the software are heavier and need more power.<br>You can try switching the composite extension off (in the xorg.conf file), if that doesn't work, do like me: use kde3 as the session/desktop environment, and run your favorite KDE4 applications on top of that, until you save enough money to upgrade your computer :)<br>
<br>regards,<br>alvaro.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ibc@aliax.net">ibc@aliax.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi, I've been using KDE4 for long time in the same host in which before I used<br>
KDE3 (just a difference: before I used KDE3 32bits and now I use KDE4 64<br>
bits).<br>
<br>
Exactly the same configuration, exactly the same apps open most of the time.<br>
I use Kubuntu (Intrepid in KDE3 and Jaunty in KDE4).<br>
<br>
<br>
While KDE4 is a great improvement in usability, ellegance and features, it's<br>
definitively slowe (IMHO)r. For example:<br>
<br>
- The new Kmenu is terribly slower than the classic one (using both in KDE4).<br>
It takes ~0.5 seconds to appear after clicking it.<br>
<br>
- Switching off the computer is exasperating. After clicking "Shutdown":<br>
- It takes 3-5 seconds until the confirmation window appears (so the<br>
background becomes dark).<br>
- After confirming it, the background is displayed again as usual (no<br>
indication at all that the system is being halted during 6-10 seconds).<br>
- After it, some windows start dissapearing.<br>
- The whole screen gets grey during 1-2 seconds.<br>
- The KDE session finally ends.<br>
<br>
- Opening any app (i.e. Konqueror) takes 2-3 times longer than in KDE3 (same<br>
configuration about preloading and so).<br>
<br>
- Openining any application window (compose a new mail in Kmail, open a chat<br>
window in Kopete...) takes ~1 second, and the window appears gray during 1<br>
second until it gets rendered.<br>
<br>
- Clicking any system-try icon takes 0.5-1 second to display the context menu<br>
or the mini-app (Kmix global volume slider).<br>
<br>
- Pressing ALT+F2 takes longer than in KDE3.<br>
<br>
<br>
Perhaps my host (AMD64 Turion x2 1600 MHz) has no enough RAM (1 GB), but I<br>
don't see too much issues in the used RAM:<br>
<br>
~$ free -m<br>
total used free shared buffers cached<br>
Mem: 988 888 100 0 66 173<br>
-/+ buffers/cache: 648 340<br>
Swap: 1698 0 1698<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
KEE4 stability is really reasonable (being still a beta version), it's enough<br>
to work with it daily. But the speed it provides makes it hard to work. It<br>
doesn't react immediately to the user actions.<br>
<br>
<br>
Please take my comment as constructive as possible.<br>
However, is it an admited issue? is it a common feeling from KDE4 users?<br>
And on top of all: can it be improved? is there aim in making it just faster?<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks a lot and best regards.<br>
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--<br>
Iñaki Baz Castillo <<a href="mailto:ibc@aliax.net">ibc@aliax.net</a>><br>
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