The Speed Factor -- Kubuntu vs. Gentoo

[Billie Walsh]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/6/14 Robert Tilley <tilleyrw at cfl.rr.com>:
>   
>> What are things I can do to optimize Kubuntu?  I'm hesitant about taking my
>> box offline for three days to compile a base Gentoo system.  There should be
>> simple things (kernel recompile is a first one) to increase the speed of
>> Kubuntu.
>>
>>     
>
> Add more RAM?
>
> Dotan Cohen

That was my thought. How much ram are you using and how much ram is in 
the demo machine?

It's very hard to evaluate performance in machines that aren't equal. My 
desktop with a 3.2GHz processor and two gigs ram is quite fast. My new 
laptop with a 1.8GHz processor and four gigs ram is blazing fast even in 
Live CD. [ I haven't decided on install method yet. ] Both machines are 
Intel dual core processors.

Comparing my desktop with a standard instal and my laptop in Live CD. It 
"seems" like the laptop is faster even though it's processor is half the 
speed of the desktop. Doubling the ram does the trick for it.

When your asking how to speed up Kubuntu you need to first ask how the 
machines are the same and different.

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