Another fundamental tip

[Steve Hutton]

In article <200301201047.20050.l.lunak@suse.cz>, Lubos Lunak wrote:
> On Sunday 19 of January 2003 02:52, Steve Hutton wrote:
>> The KDE performance tips page actually suggests
>> that people should upgrade their hardware to
>> speed up KDE
> 
>  That one was actually meant rather ironically.

ok :-)

>>, but it doesn't mention anything
>> about compilers.
>>
>> Certainly there is room to gain by compiling
>> KDE using gcc 3.2 and its cpu specific optimizations,
>> no?  Can this be added to the tips page?
>> http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/download/tips.html
> 
>  No, I'd rather not. The page is meant for users, and I'm not going to suggest 
> them to completely screw up their system by using (still not officially 
> stable) prelink or changing gcc version.

Fair enough, I guess that's the difference between a 'Recommended Tips'
page, and a FAQ - a FAQ might discuss all techniques, including complicated
ones that have risks (and ones that are not yet supported in all distros).

Steve