Which kde to use?

[jurco]

Hi,

I am so excited with jaunty with kde 4.2! i like it very much. I switched from WinXP.
BUT! It feels so slow sometimes.
I have desktop effects enabled - they are nice smooth. But sometimes - sucks. I run gwenview and need to wait so loong time. Work with open office is slow. Inkscape - so sloow. And sometimes when kubuntu is "thinking" and I get bluescreen with logon dialog (so all my unsaved work is lost).

I was thinking whether I should switch to KDE 3.5. Will my computer be faster?

Once I used Ubuntu 8.04 (gnome) and the speed was better than this. Is it worth to downgrade to 8.10 (with kde 3.5)?

I have AMD Athlon X2 4800+ or similar and 1GB RAM


in other words? how to achieve better speed with *buntu? speed in WinXP is nice. Or time to think about other distro?

Thanks for advice

[Teunis]

Re: Which kde to use?

Kde3.5 is noticeable faster although Kde4.2 is improving with every update.

I think your computer hardware should handle kde4.2 quite nicely. have you observed the system load when doing the things you mentioned? (K-menu/System/System Monitor/System load)

As an alternative you might want to look at the 9.04 Kde3.5 remix.
http://www.kubuntu.org/node/77
Although this page still talks about a beta the actual download page mentions a 'final'.

[jurco]

Re: Which kde to use?

Tanks for reply. I will check the systemload.

[aged hippy]

Re: Which kde to use?

Desktop effects are nice, but they give me a noticeable slow-down, especially when scrolling long pages in Firefox.

So i switch them off.

[growled]

Re: Which kde to use?

^ I shut them off as well. Running them not only makes my system slower but sometimes more buggy as well. They are nice and all but after a few days you won't even miss them.