KDE4 slow

[Alvaro Aguilera]

It's the price of progress. Newer version of the software are heavier and
need more power.
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 :)

regards,
alvaro.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc at aliax.net> wrote:

> Hi, I've been using KDE4 for long time in the same host in which before I
> used
> KDE3 (just a difference: before I used KDE3 32bits and now I use KDE4 64
> bits).
>
> Exactly the same configuration, exactly the same apps open most of the
> time.
> I use Kubuntu (Intrepid in KDE3 and Jaunty in KDE4).
>
>
> While KDE4 is a great improvement in usability, ellegance and features,
> it's
> definitively slowe (IMHO)r. For example:
>
> - The new Kmenu is terribly slower than the classic one (using both in
> KDE4).
> It takes ~0.5 seconds to appear after clicking it.
>
> - Switching off the computer is exasperating. After clicking "Shutdown":
>  - It takes 3-5 seconds until the confirmation window appears (so the
>    background becomes dark).
>  - After confirming it, the background is displayed again as usual (no
>    indication at all that the system is being halted during 6-10 seconds).
>  - After it, some windows start dissapearing.
>  - The whole screen gets grey during 1-2 seconds.
>  - The KDE session finally ends.
>
> - Opening any app (i.e. Konqueror) takes 2-3 times longer than in KDE3
> (same
> configuration about preloading and so).
>
> - Openining any application window (compose a new mail in Kmail, open a
> chat
> window in Kopete...) takes ~1 second, and the window appears gray during 1
> second until it gets rendered.
>
> - Clicking any system-try icon takes 0.5-1 second to display the context
> menu
> or the mini-app (Kmix global volume slider).
>
> - Pressing ALT+F2 takes longer than in KDE3.
>
>
> Perhaps my host (AMD64 Turion x2 1600 MHz) has no enough RAM (1 GB), but I
> don't see too much issues in the used RAM:
>
> ~$ free -m
>             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:           988        888        100          0         66        173
> -/+ buffers/cache:        648        340
> Swap:         1698          0       1698
>
>
>
> KEE4 stability is really reasonable (being still a beta version), it's
> enough
> to work with it daily. But the speed it provides makes it hard to work. It
> doesn't react immediately to the user actions.
>
>
> Please take my comment as constructive as possible.
> However, is it an admited issue? is it a common feeling from KDE4 users?
> And on top of all: can it be improved? is there aim in making it just
> faster?
>
>
> Thanks a lot and best regards.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc at aliax.net>
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