On Sunday 02 October 2005 15:58, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 08:12:56AM +0100, Dave S wrote > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a PIII 700Mhz, 256MB RAM, Finances are somewhat tight (read > > that as very tight) but I could do with some more speed when playing > > with python scripts + KDE can be a tad sluggish. > > Running a fat bloated resource-hogging "desktop" like GNOME or KDE > means that you're wasting a lot of system resources on Windows-like > eye-candy. Before spending any money, try switching to a lightweight WM > (Window Manager) like "blackbox". If you want a "control panel" use the > "fbpanel" app. You have to set things up manually, but things run a lot > quicker. Note; you can run KDE and GNOME *APPLICATIONS* without running > a GNOME or KDE *DESKTOP*. > > I run applications, not desktops.
some people like the fat,. bloated, eye-candy heavy desktops - especially full experience of all components working together. Not all people choose kde/gnome because of their looks, but because they WANT a complete desktop environment. btw - some time ago I let glxgears run on several wm - and it was the fastest on kwin and integrity (both qt based) and slower on gtk-based wm... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
