[NBLUG/talk] Speeding up KDE, I'll try anything

[Conrad OHO]

Bob,

The last KDE I could tolerate was Kubuntu 8.04 LTS running KDE 3.05.10 which was a bit too unfixably buggy for my long term happiness. All the KDE 4.** versions I've tried so far I've found way too buggy and with inadequate feature sets. So I migrated to Ubuntu 9.04 for a while, but still found it a bit too buggy and difficult to correctly configure. 

A couple weeks ago I switched to LinuxMint 7 and find It's a big improvement over all the above, but not completely bug free. Most of my prior complaints with Ubuntu 9.04 have been fixed in Mint, but after several hours of effort, so far have not been able to get telephone modem internet access working. 

I notice KDE 4.3 has just been released so we'll see what the distro's do with it soon enough. As for me, I'm going to wait until the reviews are much more solidly golden before trying any more KDE.

Bee Well,
Conrad OHO

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--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Bob Blick <bobblick at ftml.net> wrote:

> From: Bob Blick <bobblick at ftml.net>
> Subject: [NBLUG/talk] Speeding up KDE, I'll try anything
> To: talk at nblug.org
> Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 11:04 AM
> I've been using Ubuntu lately and it
> really is a lot faster than
> Kubuntu. I'd like to find a way to make Kubuntu run faster,
> if that's
> possible, because I am used to KDE and generally like its
> features and
> applications. But since 4.x(now 4.2) I have really been
> questioning my
> loyalty. Just watching the mouse cursor freeze up each and
> every time as
> the K menu tries to render is beginning to drive me crazy.
> I no longer
> believe the people who say that all you need is more memory
> and KDE is
> fast. It's about as fast as a Mac Plus running off a floppy
> drive.
> 
> Anyway, if someone has found a way to actually make the
> default Kubuntu
> install run faster, I'm all ears. I'll try any tip. BTW I
> don't have any
> 3D fluff running, and I do have a decent video card.
> 
> Or if you also have given up on KDE I'd like to hear how
> you
> transitioned. I miss Konqueror, it does so much.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheerful regards,
> 
> Bob