trying out kubuntu, want to trim some fat

[Liz Young]

Hi,
On Thursday 21 April 2005 12:34 am, Drewcore wrote:
> hi guys... i've been running hoary with xfce for a while, and thought
> i'd give kde a shot so i apt'd kubuntu-desktop and here i am... i
> wanna see if i can optimize it a little bit to trim off some the of
> the extra services and stuff that i dont' really need so it'll be a
> little more repsonsive on this machine. any hints?

On my laptop (600mhz CPU, 256mb RAM), I turn off all the "eye candy", and it 
seems to help.  Running kpersonalizer is the easy way to get most of it -- I 
turn off everything in there except AA fonts.

I also disable shadowed text, background image, bouncy cursor, and turn off 
all GUI/animation effects. All of those options can be found in the Control 
Center (kcontrol) Appearance & Themes section.

HTH,
-Liz