Starting KDE faster IF KDE was started when the server

[Martijn Klingens]

On Tuesday 15 March 2005 17:24, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> Having KDE startup from boot time already, I am hoping that with a
> "special" startkde command can maybe help decrease the startup time and put
> less strain on the cpu.

Well, what you could do is automatically login to a local KDE session so at 
least all important files are in the system's caches. After you have loaded 
this initial session you can logout the session or leave it running to force 
the system to keep KDE in the working set. The latter can have lots of 
negative side effects, so be sure to do LOTS of testing to see whether it 
improves performance. Preloading KDE on boot time and then logging off again 
should help in any case.

> Why is it best not having KDE on at all time?

Resource usage, notably memory and CPU. But on a dedicated terminal server 
things are of course different than on a shared system that performs other 
tasks.

> Relevant info:
> RHEL 3
> KDE 3.1.3 (I would love to upgrade to latest 3.2+.x branch but can not at
> the moment)

*ESPECIALLY* for terminal servers you should really consider upgrading your 
KDE. 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 all sported reduced memory usage and faster 
performance, so especially if the system will be serving multiple users, by 
all means consider the newest KDE you can find.

-- 
Martijn