On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 02:40:30 +0300, Anarky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > right now I'm depressed/angry at linux .. and maybe somebody would > be willin to cheer me up or somethig :( > I've completelly given up windows .. forcing myself to do everything in > linux ... tweaking, configuring & learning .. .. but I feel like it's > moving in slow motion .. I'm going insane: I'm using blackbox .. which > should be a very fast wm, too ..
To start, it's great that you've given up on Windows. Almost anything productive can be done without it. At least, that's what I've seen, over the past four years. Blackbox usually is very fast (it was for me, even when my master HD was only getting throughput of 400*KB*/sec). That doesn't mean that the apps will load fast, though. That's something totally separate. It's a fun concoction of disk speed, bus speed, memory speed, code size and processor time devoted to loading. > btw .. I just rebooted to windows and > there on my same old junk 550Mhz Athlon apps started instantaneously > here, in linux, there's like a 5 sec delay when I'm not even sure if say > Firebird or Mozilla Mail, is starting .. > and when I try to edit with kwrite .. well. the whole screen flickers on > larger document > the whole sensation is that I badly need a new computer .. but it > saddned me when I rebooted windows to see my own computer run so well :p > bet that's a first > I'm using XNC for file management .. and sometimes when I enter a foler > it takes a couple of seconds before it shows me the new folder .. way > too much > linux seems to have this liberal approach to things: it seems whenever I > start an app .. it doesn't squeeze the resource to quicly start it .. > but gives everybody equal .. and the new app starts in ages I really wouldn't blame the OS totally, but instead on the fact that KDE apps and anything from the Mozilla project are severely bloated. And they're not about to try and improve that, because it's easier for you throw hardware resources at it (but that's not a unique mindset, anyway). The question is, from when your X session starts, how long does it take Blackbox to appear? If that even takes a while, then there could be some real hardware issues. > So why am I writing this here? ... well. for one part because I've > found great people here and I'm hoping to get encouragements not to > leave linux & the such (even personally, not via the list) ... but > especially because some people have said things like: I should be > working in KDE, as it would have the libraries & stuff needed for KDE > apps already loaded and thus my computer could perform better. Is this > true? Is there a solution while still remaining in blackbox? > thanks with anticipation. First of all, your applications (unless you manually fiddled with the compilation options) are not optimised for any sort of speed (as specific to your processor). Second, if you are using lots of KDE apps, running in KDE could very well speed up your system. There are a lot of KDE libraries, and most of them are not small. Back to spouting off like he knows his stuff, - gile -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
