KDE 3 Footprint

[Greg Walker]

Hi,

The lowest spec machine I got kde 3.0 running (well, installed on) is a P200
with 64Mb of RAM. I did this just for the hell of it.

It runs really well on a Celeron 900Mhz with 512Mb

Greg


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry [mailto:lawnman59 at netzero.net] 
> Sent: 13 June 2002 13:45
> To: kde at mail.kde.org
> Subject: Re: [kde] KDE 3 Footprint
> 
> 
> A good rule of thumb. . .KDE3 basically requires the same 
> resources as Windows 2000.  Meaning at least 128 megs RAM 
> (256 is better) and a 500 mhz or better processor.  A good 
> videocard with 32 megs RAM helps to, with all the eye-candy ; 
> )  Adding more RAM to your machine will help with the disk thrashing.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julio Gazquez" <shulai at ciudad.com.ar>
> To: <kde at mail.kde.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:01 AM
> Subject: [kde] KDE 3 Footprint
> 
> 
> 
> I jumped to KDE 3.0.1 from KDE 2.1.2. At first sight, it 
> performs equally well, but as I started using it, I found a 
> noticeable increasing in memory consumption. As it's an old 
> computer with little memory (64MB) it is an issue, as it is 
> actually trashing.
> 
> So, there is a real, important growing in requirements, there 
> are some important memory leaks out there (according top, 
> Konqui eats up to 50% of used memory, and keeps raising), or 
> I already was too close to the trashing theresold, and just 
> crossed it?
> 
> --
> --------------------------------
> Julio César Gázquez
> Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
> Facultad Regional Rosario
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