Speeding up i18n

[Randy Kramer]

Robert,

Thanks!

BTW: I agree that 512 MB is marginal (I use KDE3 but keep a lot of stuff 
open).

Randy Kramer

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 09:14 am, Robert Knight wrote:
> As far as startup is concerned it doesn't make that much difference.
> The biggest bottle-neck when starting the desktop is I/O and that
> is not much faster on a brand new machine today that a machine that
> was new 5 or even 8 or 9 years ago.  The answer to your question about
> a target spec is no, not to my knowledge.  I suppose for 3D desktop
> effects a sensible base-line spec would be integrated Intel graphics
> (i965) since its a common chipset with open drivers.  The one spec
> requirement that has changed from earlier versions of KDE is obviously
> the recommended about of RAM.  In my personal experience 512MB works
> but you'll get better performance with 1GB if you have a lot of stuff
> running.

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