Politicians. They are a certain type of people. I do not like them. Many do not like them. I think if there's one thing all of man has in common, whether he be Christian or Muslim, black or white, young or old, American or European, is a dislike of politicians. But then-- why on earth do we allow politics to complicate software? Note: Sunday Eve Column.
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Member since:2005-07-06
I would prefer a music player the play the music at the same speed it was produced at 
Yer. I really wish the God's gift called GStreamer would do that, which is why I just use Xine ;-).
I would not call KDE that fast. It's speed generally relies on access to the underlying hardware rather than what it was programed in.
Pardon? Not following you there at all. If the speed of Gnome, KDE or anything relied on 'access to the underlying hardware' then everything would work at pretty much the same speed. It obviously isn't.
Look at what he's said. KDE and KDE applications like Amarok handle large data structures like song lists very well, and its speed is a testament to it. Look at the way Kontact/KMail handles large amounts of e-mail and e-mail accounts in an acceptable fashion.
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2006-04-30
well, then, you tried the wrong ones, I guess. For example, Amarok is the fastest music player you'll find - try to let it index and/or load 20.000 songs, and compare its loading time with other music players (if they manage to index them at all). Generally speaking, KDE is rather fast - and its slowness comes mostly from the underlying infrastructure (eg fontconfig, drivers) instead of C++.
Indexing, you are probably getting confused with algorithms. I would not call KDE that fast. It's speed generally relies on access to the underlying hardware rather than what it was programed in. Have you ever tried to compile it with anything other than g++?
I would prefer a music player the play the music at the same speed it was produced at