Re: new KDE (4.2) in Unstable, how's your experience?

[Bryce <bryce.s@roadrunner.com>]

Amit Uttamchandani wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:46:30 -0400
> "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Has anybody been playing around with the new KDE we got a few days ago
>> in Sid?
>> 
>> The graphics are nice, but looks like the GUI is not as fast or
>> responsive as the older one. This is on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core
>> Processor 5600+ with 2 GB of RAM and GeForce 8600 Nvidia card. On this
>> kind of a machine, the GUI should *not* have been sluggish. I really
>> hope the KDE people have not pulled a Vista their uses! :)
>> 
>> BTW, plugging a card reader and inserting a CF card caused KDE to hang.
>> If this repeats, I will file a bug.
>> 
>> That desktop window which shows all the folders/files on one's desktop?
>> That kind of appears to hand if I work on some of the folders there and
>> also on a terminal.
>> 
>> Any other experiences worth sharing?
>> 
> 
> Been using KDE4.2 from experimental for a while and you're right it
> doesn't seem as fast as KDE3. Turning off composite made things a lot
> faster. Dolphin and okular are awesome. Kate now has vim mode so that's
> also interesting...

How do I turn off compositing?  I think I have looked everywhere in
gui menus.  Is it System settings -> Enable desktop effects [no check]?
I am currently running with no /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  Do I add one with
compositing set to off?

Thanks!