[OT] KDE vs. Gnome (was: Is Linux Unix? (KDE))

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On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Longman, Bill wrote:

> > Clint,
> > 
> > Thanks.  Yes,  Blackbox rules.  No question.  ;-)  It was my 
> > environment
> > of choice running Linux m68k on my ancient Quadra 630.
> > 
> > My problem with KDE is Konqueror, which I've never liked.  KDE just
> > feels heavier and slower than Gnome -- but that may be a 
> > function of my
> > iMac 350.
> 
> It's not just your iMac. KDE is even slow on a dual hyperthreading Xeon....
> _______________________________________________


<quote> 

"It's not just your iMac. KDE is even slow on a dual hyperthreading 
Xeon..."
</quote>


I wonder what was slow with the dual hyperthreading and kde? How much 
ram did you have ? Perhaps you can mention some kde apps that are slow (to 
open) and I can try it/them out for reference.

I have a dual powermac g5 and kde 3.2.2 and I'm quite impressed 
on the whole (btw I have 512 MB ram). I noticed a good improvement going 
from kde 3.2.0 to 3.2.2 in terms of how long apps took before they opened.

Anyway, that's my 2 pennies worth :-)