[ltp] two questions -- 600E / X / RAM

[James Holden]

Quoting Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@innominate.com>:

<snip>

> > Does anyone have any input on what should be considered a minimum amount of
> 
> > memory for running Linux with the KDE desktop? 
> > 
> > I started with 64MB, and have recently added another 64MB. The extra
> memory, 
> > in conjunction with weeding out my unneeded processes, has made an 
> > improvement--but the system still seems to be a bit sluggish. WilI I see a
> 
> > difference if I add more RAM, or should I be barking up a different tree?
> 
> 128 MB should be enough for KDE, I won't run much faster with 256 MB. There
> is
> nothing you can do, KDE _is_ damn slow.
> 

This is true.... KDE is nice if you're moving from a Win 95 type interface, in 
that you have a button in the corner which provides a list of programs, and 
some of the applets are nice too, but if you want a performance increase, try 
another windowmanager. Enlightenment is good.... but the fastest I've ever used 
is FluxBox. You don't even get any idea that it's loading, it just appears!

James



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James Holden, Leeds, United Kingdom
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