Re: Kde 3.5 ...
>> KDE 4.4 is lighter than KDE 3.5 was, even with desktop effects
>> enabled. The only time you will see it appear that KDE 4 is "heavy" is
>> if you are loading the Qt3 libraries in addition to the Qt4 libraries,
>> for instance by using KDE3 applications. I understand that some people
>> still need Quanta or the old Kdevelop, but if you are not using KDE 3
>> applications (and therefore loading Qt3 libraries) then Qt4 is lighter
>> than Qt3 was.
>
> Did you measure it? If so, how?
>
Actually, I personally have not. However, this was actually the design
goal of Qt4 and many users have tested and reported lower memory usage
in KDE 4 compared to KDE 3. I don't know about CPU, though.
Also, the last time I ran KDE 3.5.10 it felt was noticeably lagging
compared to my then-current KDE 4.3 setup on the same hardware. Note
that the KDE 4.3 even had quite a few other apps installed, and the
KDE 3.5.10 was a new install that I did to triage a possible
regression.
Like I said, though, if you need Qt3 libraries in addition to Qt4 (for
Quanta, for instance) then you will be using the memory of _both_,
naturally, and that is a lot!
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