KDE Commit Digest - Dolphin File Manager
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| Since the last introduction of Dolphin in the Digest, many improvements have
| been made. Here is a rundown of a few of the recent change...
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http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-08-26/
Very impressive features and a simple UI.
A weekend with fluxbox.
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| My biggest problem with using fluxbox is not fluxbox itself. I wanted it to
| be able to save some resources for my aging computer but I still needed to
| use KDE programs. So I checked my resource usage with pure KDE and then with
| fluxbox and KDE programs. There was no difference in resource usage.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/a-weekend-with-fluxbox-18594
So much for 'KDE is bloated'...
Related:
Desktop memory usage
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| As for the actual results, well, too bad. In fact I had been hoping,
| somewhat naively indeed, that such very stripped KDE would match Xfce like
| it did with the startup time. But the size of KDE's libraries is hard tob
| eat and with such stripped desktop there is not that much that'd take
| advantage of it. GNOME's huge number seems to be caused by running way
| too many processes - even panel applets are separate processes. This
| will have even worse impact later.
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http://ktown.kde.org/~seli/memory/
[ Richard Rasker, 13/09/2006 ]
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| ... with three apps open, and there's even a few megs of memory left :-)
|
| http://www.linetec.nl/unrel/KDE3_in_128MB.png
|
| Can Vista do this trick?
|
| So there you have it, the latest Linux reviving ye olde lappetoppe:
| Mandriva 2007 Free with a fully functional KDE 3.5 desktop environment,
| happily chugging along on a Toshiba Satellite 2550CDT, with a 366MHz
| Celeron CPU, 128MB of RAM (the maximum amount, alas), and an 800x600 TFT
| screen.
|
| Installation took just over an hour, and there were a a few quirks - no
| ACPI, and for some reason the maestro sound module wasn't included in the
| distribution - but for all the rest, everything worked first go. Nope,
| it's not the fastest horse in the race, but it's workable all the same.
|
| So yes, I was right after all, when I said that an old machine with 128MB
| of memory could run the latest KDE's in a useable manner ...
|
| Ah well, now I've got the little workshop machine I wanted for quite
| some time - and I got it for free, as a terminally virus ridden and
| Registry-bloated XP (former W98) beastie that wouldn't even start any more.
| But with just an hour and a half of proper care and attention (i.e. Linux
| install CD's), it's up and running again, just great for looking up PDF
| electronics datasheets, ordering stuff, handling my database front end,
| and many more simple tasks :-)
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