Re: Is KDE 3.2 Any Faster ?
On Wednesday 17 December 2003 04:32, Nick Boyce wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:41:38 +0100, Børre Gaup wrote:
> >Tuesday, December 16. b. 2003 02:56, Nick Boyce don ?állet:
> >> An article over at OS News suggests we can expect significant speed
> >> improvements in KDE 3.2 :
> >> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5410
> >
> >I have changed between KDE 3.1.4 and KDE 3.2 on my Debian Sid machine a
> > few times. 3.2 loads noticably faster than 3.1.4. I have an AMD XP 1700+
> > and 256 Mb RAM. As for apps, I haven't noticed any difference, they load
> > fast enough for me.
>
> Hmm .. thanks for the comments.
>
> FWIW, on my machine, it takes :
> * 75 seconds to login from the KDM prompt to a fully
> initialised desktop
> * 15 seconds for Kword to load with an empty document
> * 18 seconds for the Kword handbook to launch from the
> Kword Help menu
>
Sounds like you have too many fonts or some other startup problem.
On a 700MHz Duron with 368Mb it doesnt take nearly as long to login. 20
seconds or so, and even less when I prelink.
`Allan
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