i think one of the main reasons is that nautilus draws the desktop...open nautilus and in the preferrences make sure that nautilus does *not* draw the desktop (let sawfish or whatever do that instead)...now check again...hope this improves speed!
but then, if you want a fast desktop there's always blackbox =) best, vester On 31 May 2001, Patrick Colbeck wrote: > Hi > > I 'upgraded' my Gnome on 2.2.r3 to Ximian 1.4 and it now runs like a > dog. I have a P400 with 128Mb RAM and a Matrox G200, running top with > just a gnome terminal open shows 50% CPU idle with XSVGA and Nautilus > being the biggest CPU hogs (even though all Nautilus windows are > closed). > > On the same system with KDE 2.1.2 and a Konsole open running top and > Konqueror open I get 98% CPU idle ! > > Is everyone else seeing something similar or do I have some kind of > problem on my box ? > > Pat > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
