> 2. computer is fast enough, but i want to avoid the slow > startup time of KDE. on my current box, for instance, if > i'm constantly rebooting while configuring stuff, i switch > to runlevel 3 and use some other WM while configuring. > when i'm done though, i switch back to KDE. KDE takes two > to three minutes to start. that's too long to wait :). > fortunately i use a notebook. so most of the time, when > i'm not doing kernel compiles and reboots or something, > i just suspend with apm -s when i'm done. so when i wake > up the computer later, it starts up in KDE sort of > instantly (2 seconds or less).
2 to 3 minutes??? That's terribly slow. On my Celeron 450Mhz/20GB 7200rpm Maxtor Plus 40, which is an almost 4 year old system, the unmodified KDE 3.0.1 that comes with Slackware 8.1 takes under 10 seconds to load. Are you using Redhat or Mandrake? It looks like they've heavily modified (grrr...) KDE to load lots of addtl stuff (although I'm hard pressed to figure out what they are for since the unmodified one already does everything I would want, multimedia wise)... _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
