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DukePuke:
Actualy yes, I have 3.1 version of KDE , and that windows managing, browsing files/internet is actualy not fast, i have to wait about 1-1.5 seconds to wait until directory opens, etc. Can you give some tips , how to configure enviroment for faster work? Actualy I realy have problems (slow) then 10 web pages is opened, it damn slows down much.

My komp is AMD duron 850@900MHZ
128 MB RAM
8MB integrated video

I keep turned all animations off, but cool tweak advices would be acceptable  

Refalm:
The slowness is due to the QT core.

If you have that much VGA memory, just use XFCE instead. You'll be able to use all your favourite KDE programs, but it runs faster.

DukePuke:
man, I typed xfce in console, it added another panel in top of window, man I need to tweak, not to make my system on knees

Refalm:

quote:Originally posted by DukePuke:
man, I typed xfce in console, it added another panel in top of window, man I need to tweak, not to make my system on knees
--- End quote ---


Hahaha, no  

Do this:
Instead of logging in to your system at the console and typing the startx command to start the X Window System, you can configure your system so that you can log in directly to X.

You must edit one file, /etc/inittab, by changing just one number in the runlevel section. When you are finished, reboot the computer. The next time you log in, you will have a graphical login prompt.

Open a shell prompt. If you're in your user account, su to root by typing

su

Now, type vi /etc/inittab to edit the file with vi. The file /etc/inittab will open. Hit the INSERT button. Within the first screen, you will see a section of the file which looks like this:

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
#   0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#   1 - Single user mode
#   2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
#   3 - Full multiuser mode
#   4 - unused
#   5 - X11
#   6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:3:initdefault:

To change from a console to a graphical login, you should change the number in the line id:3:initdefault: from a 3 to a 5.

After you're done, hit the Escape button and type
--- Code: ---
--- End code ---
press Enter and type
--- Code: ---
--- End code ---
and press Enter.

Reboot, and you'll see a nice login screen from which you can boot KDE, Gnome or XFCE  

WMD:
Just to point out - the X11 mode in Slackware is runlevel 4, not 5 as in most distros.

As for KDE, you can speed it up by updrading to 3.2.1, or getting a 2.6 series kernel.  However, you may not be ready for that.

And try Gnome first if you want to ditch KDE.

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