settings, startup performance, kde4

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday, July 25, 2011 17:10:40 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> It sounds like removing it will make setting a default font, the empty mouse
> cursor harder, or am I misunderstanding its role?

no, that's precisely its role :)

however, if those settings never actually change, there seems to be no point 
in running it. and if the settings change, the file it generates at log in 
could be instantly created then.

it seems this application was developed to allow random adding of control 
panels and other set up bits. this makes sense in a desktop where the 
installed software changes, the hardware is unknown, the user settings are 
open for complete customization.

on a device like a tablet or phone, however, all of those things are 
constrained. so i don't think running this at start makes any sense.

it also means that we will need to adjust the startkde4 script ... which we'll 
want to do anyways as there is a TON of stuff in there that is all about 
flexibility which the desktop demands but which is irrelevant for a device.

having looked at startkde4 recently, it seems that we probably burn a lot of 
start up / log in time for Plasma Active doing things which make zero sense 
for mobile devices.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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