[CLUE-Tech] X-Sever/KDE "tuning"

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Have you tried the newer XServers (4.0.3 and 4.1.0). There is a big performance difference.

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On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 07:02:13 -0700
Randy Arabie <rrarabie at attbi.com> wrote:

> I've been using RH Linux for 3+ years now, but stayed away 
> from the GUI.  This was mainly due to the low budget, hand-
> me-down, ancient hardware (486's) I have for home PC usage.  
> And, I wasn't using Linux as a "productivity" machine...I 
> didn't need it for word processing, spreadsheets, etc....
> 
> I do have a "modern" box at home that, until Saturday, was 
> running Windoze 2000.  However, I liberated it, and it is now 
> running RH 7.1 (would be 7.2 or another 'flavor' if my @home 
> service wouldn't have died).
> 
> I like the new KDE "look and feel" however, I'm not at all 
> impressed with the performance.  Things load really slow.  I 
> launch an application and then sit and wait, watch the 
> "spinning disc" icon down on the toolbar, it disappears, then 
> I wait a little longer, and then suddenly my application 
> appears.  The total time varies, but even a simple x-term 
> took 23 seconds to load.
> 
> Does anyone have any tips for improving (tunining) the 
> performance of X or the window manager?  
> 
> My system is an AMD K6II 500 with 256 MB RAM, and 10 GB IDE 
> HD.  The video card I'm using is a S3 ViRGE/DX with 4 MB 
> memory onboard.
> 
> I expect the first recommendation to be upgrade the video 
> card.  That may be an option, but I'm hoping I can find 
> another solution.  I don't play games, so I'm not after that 
> sort of performance.  I do a little graphics for webpage 
> design.  However, my wife had Photoshop 6 on Windoze 2000 and 
> the system handled that fine...shouldn't Linux be able to do 
> it too?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Randy
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