[ILUG] kde and memory

[Barry O'Donovan]

Hi Kevin,

On Mon 30 Aug 2004 09:40, Kevin Philp wrote:
> We have a computer here running kde 3.2 and Mandrake 10.0 that runs
> slow from time to time. I am wondering if its the memory.
>
> Do you really need >256mb ram to run KDE 3.2? The server runs kde 3.1
> plus Apache, MySQL, postfix, squid, bind and flys along.

I follow KDE developments and (if I recall correctly) the main focus 
from the 3.1 -> 3.2 release was for speed improvements and "bloat 
reduction" - i.e. to use less memory. 

I missed your previous e-mail but Niall pointed out that you mentioned 
running OOo; OOo eats menory. It really does. I have a laptop with 
256MB and a desktop with 512MB and the difference that OOo causes to 
overall speed is easily observed between the two.

I'd upgrade your RAM if I were you - it's getting cheaper all the time 
(try out http://www.shop4memory.com/ - they usually have good deals).

Regards,
B.

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