Ubuntu KDE

[Antonie Kriek]

my personal opinion is that KDE is much slower than GNOME as it is so bloated.


On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 04:45:03 -0500, malevolentjelly
<ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> 
> Now, I'm not sure if I'm entering this thread too late, but what
> originally drew me to linux was that in didn't cost any money. I'm
> running an older Apple Powerbook G3 Pismo, not because I am an apple
> fan at all, but because through a strange opportunity I got this old
> laptop for free. Now, in the good old fashion spirit of not spending a
> horrendous amount of money (I have a blue-collar job, and can't afford
> new-confangled DELL-cheap mb bs), I decided to use linux because you
> can make just about any computer run smoothly with it. From the
> standpoint of someone with inferior, old hardware, I can honestly say
> that KDE seems to run a lot quicker than gnome. I wasn't originally
> drawn to Ubuntu for any moral or usability reason. I just saw it as a
> very well maintained debian tree. I'm using packaged X.org, now that is
> keen. My only gripe has been sluggish gtk2/gnome. Perhaps I don't
> understand gnome or how to customize it. I am not sure, but I had no
> problem gouging out all of KDE's visual effects for a smooth and
> complete desktop environment. Am I the only one using KDE for speed and
> form? I'd use XFCE... but I only have one mouse button... and my pinky
> finger would get tired.
> 
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