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advice for linux newbie
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: solemnwarning ---Is that why my machine got faster after switch to linux + kde :P
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You mean the difference is more significant than that between KDE and Fluxbox? :p
Jenda:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Linux + KDE is slower than Windows XP. :D
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Impossible. My computer sped up when switching from W98. And don't try to tell me that 98 is slower than XP. You can't go negative...
WMD:
--- Quote ---And don't try to tell me that 98 is slower than XP.
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It is, actually, provided that your machine can adequately handle XP.
And KDE is pretty slow indeed...especially versions 2.2 and 3.1. Things have gotten better since, the biggest jump was 3.1 to 3.2. But, I've tried 3.3 on a P3/650 with 448MB RAM, and it was still kinda sluggish.
Jenda:
Aight, good enough, I'm a Gnome guy now... as soon as get back home to my own computer, that is... Geez I hate XP...
Thanks, ppl.
choasforages:
ahem, go buy a book on linux, best advice i can think of. its what i did when i chucked windows completly several years ago. not to mention having a bit of modavation when trying something new.
and for the record, kde is not only faster then gnome, but more intagrated in a good way. it is completely network transparent, wheris the only networking i see in gnome is corba...and thats so it can talk to itself.
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