>>>>> "-Taylor" == -Taylor - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> An age old question for the collective...KDE or Gnome... > Greetings all! I have an older (266MHz 96MB RAM) PC running RedHat 7.3. It > plods along at a decent rate. I installed the KDE desktop just out of force > of habit and was wondering if Gnome would run quicker or if there is really > no drastic performance differences. Based on my experience with both desktops, I would choose GNOME. I've put KDE geared distros on machines ranging from a P233 to a 450MHz CeleronA with memory between 64M and 160M. They have _always_ been slower than when the same machines were running GNOME. I also wouldn't recommend having anything less than 128M for KDE either. The 450MHz machine w/ 64M was painful to use while running KDE but was ok once it had at least 128M. If you need a GUI filemanager, turn off Nautilus and use GMC. Better yet, don't use one at all. I have a Dell P166 laptop w/ 80M running GNOME w/ GMC and it does an acceptable job for me. (FWIW, My computer illiterate relatives even thought it was nicer to use than my sister's Windows machine). I think Dennis Powell had a column a few months ago about running GNOME or KDE on low powered/resource machines. I've always viewed him as a KDE fan, and he even chose GNOME for those types of machines. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
