Linked by Rahul Gaitonde on Thu 15th Jan 2004 06:40 UTC
Around 3 weeks ago, I downloaded the 2nd beta of KDE 3.2 from their FTP site. I've been using this release every day since then. The purpose of my writing this piece is not to highlight KDE 3.2's new features and applications - read the Changelog at KDE's site for that - but to give you a complete picture of how it measures up to its previous versions in terms of everyday use. Does it make me more productive? Is the command line more efficient yet? Or, even better, does it make me use the command line more effectively? Read on...
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> He says he runs XP on it WTF?? I tried XP on my old P2 400MHz before I sold it and it ran miserably (very bad response time, had to wait for the start menu to pop up etc.). Mandrake 9.0+KDE3 ran slow even on my 800MHz linux comp, is KDE 3.2 a LOT faster or does mr Rahul Gaitonde posess the most extraordinary patience? <
How much RAM did you have in that 400mhz machine?
He has 384mb, in XP that helps a LOT. I'm sure it does in Fedora too.
Also, how good are the hardware drivers for the hardware you are using. Intel 810 is pretty ubiquitous, and I'd bet Intel had a hand in making the drivers for that hardware as good as possible.
If you have other, less well supported hardware your mileage may be (and obviously was) different.