See the text attachment...
Once I posted this to "SuSE" mailing list, but no
enough attention paid to it;
I am not sure that this performance issue is due to
KDE, because some people believe that this only
pertains to SuSE (not KDE).
Bahram Alinezhad (alineziad@xxxxxxxxx),
10/3/2004,
Tehran, Iran.
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I don't know how much effect it can have,
I don't know how many times it has been commented,
I don't know what can I do for an improvement,
But I know...
Working with a computer is not enjoyable when it responds slow!
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| | | | | | |
| TIMES TO RUN | | | | | |
| IN | SuSE | RedHat | Windows | Windows | |
| SECONDS | 9.1 | 9.0 | XP(SP1) | 98(se) | |
| | | | | | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
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| | | | | | |
| boot before | | | | | |
| login | | | | | |
| | 62 | 54 | 22 | 20 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| boot after | (KDE 3.2) |(Gnome 2.2)| | | |
| login | | | | | |
| | 80 | 17 | 9 | 9 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| |(Konqueror)|(Nautilus) |(Explorer) |(Explorer) | |
| file browser | | | | | |
| | 2 | 1 | 1 | < 1 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| multi media |(Kaffeine) | |(M-Player) |(M-Player) | |
| player | | n/a | | | |
| | 12 | | 1 | 1 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| control | | | | | |
| center/ | | | | | |
| panel | 15 | 4 | 1 | < 1 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| | (YaST) | |(Computer | | |
| management | | n/a |Management)| n/a | |
| | 15 | | 2 | | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| add/remove | | | | | |
| components | | | | | |
| | 45 | 15 | 6 | 4 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| find file | | | | | |
| | 12 | 1 | 1 | < 1 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| command | (Konsole) |(Terminal) |(DosPrompt)|(DosPrompt)| |
| prompt | | | | | |
| | 7 | 2 | 1 | < 1 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| | (Kwrite) | (Gedit) | (WordPad) | (WordPad) | |
| text editor | | | | | |
| | 15 | 3 | 1 | < 1 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| total | | | | | |
| | 265 | > 97 | 45 | > 36 | |
|_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|
Also note:
- I am shouting not because I hate linux, but because I hate negligences hurled at it so far!
- I know many people will suggest me to have a fast xxxx MHz CPU: No, I suggest programmers to test their programs on an xxx MHz CPU to see what they have created!
These are my computer specifications:
Ultra high speed CPU: AMD K6-2+ at 550 MHz,
Extra high end GPU: nVIDIA RivaTNT 16MB PCI,
Super high speed SDRAM: 512MB PC133,
Seagate 120GB 7200rpm + Western Digital 120GB 8MB buffer
Windows98-SE + WindowsXP-SP1a + RedHat-Linux-9.0 + Suse-Linux-9.1
(Already, I am using Mozilla browser 1.7.3 on Linux)
Other system properties:
Professional sound: Creative SB16 ISA,
High bandwidth modem: Rockwell 33.6 ISA,
High quality big monitor: 14" color monitor
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Have fun!
Bahram Alinezhad (alineziad@xxxxxxxxx),
9/26/2004,
Tehran, Iran.
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