[ale] What were they thinking?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Have we established that some people's new KDE is slow while for others it's
OK?  Howbout this: of those of you who have tried it, how about posting a
message here stating 1) your KDE version 2) your distro and version 3) your
video card.  Maybe a pattern will emerge.

- Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irv [mailto:irvm at ellijay.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 8:26 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] What were they thinking?
> 
> 
> On Tue, 08 May 2001, Jeffrey B Layton wrote:
> 
> > I will second that comment. I've been using KDE since early 1.0.
> > It has been my primary desktop during that whole time. Up to
> > last week I was using a RH 6.2 system (with updates) and
> > KDE 2.0.1. Then this weekend I reformatted and installed
> > RH 7.1 with KDE 2.1.1. The speed difference is VERY noticeable.
> > Doing anything in 2.1.1 is MUCH slower than anything in 2.0.1.
> > My machine is a PIII/500 with 384 Megs of memory and a fast
> > IDE. It shouldn't be this slow.
> 
> The sad thing about this isn't that it's slow - that could 
> probably be fixed.
> Unfortunately, when I posted a question to the KDE forum about this,
> all I got was flames.. A later search thru their own list 
> archives showed 
> numerous complaints about the same thing - all either ignored 
> or shrugged 
> off as "something wrong with your system", but no hint as to 
> what that might be.
> 
> If this were an isolated problem, hey, I'd go for M$ solution 
> #1 - buy a
> bigger, faster computer. However,  since approximately 50% of 
> the posts 
> here and elsewhere report similar slowness, I don't think it's at all
> isolated. 
> 
> M$ solution #2 - calling  it a 'feature' - doesn't work for me :)
> In 20+ years of writing software, never once have I been able 
> to get away
> with that 'solution' - clients expect me to fix my software. 
> Imagine that!
> 
> I have been promoting Linux to my clients, but I think I'll 
> have to back off.  
> KDE was stable, fast, and enough like MS Windows to make the 
> transition acceptable to many users
> (assuming appropriate apps were available or written)
>  
> If I can't depend on that remaining true, then why go thru 
> the hassle? 
> 
> Regards,
> Irv
> 
> 
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