[ILUG] Linux on a netbook

[Albert Astals Cid]

A Dimarts, 8 de febrer de 2011, Conor Wynne va escriure:
> On 08/02/2011 09:52, Rory Browne wrote:
> > Apologies for typos - sent from a touchscreen....
> > 
> > On 8 Feb 2011, at 01:34, FRLinux <frlinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> >>> Don't get me wrong, I know KDE software is not be the best ever and
> >>> even if it was it might not be of your liking since it's impossible
> >>> pleasing everyone, but saying "don't get me started on foo..." and not
> >>> giving any single reason is imho just classical FUD.
> >> 
> >> Ah well, let us go into some facts then shall we. Been a big KDE fan
> >> from version 1, used it for many years (that dates back from 97),
> >> absolutely loved KDE 3.x being the best version in my opinion.
> >> 
> >> Then came 4, the deal breaker for me had to be my dual screen setup
> >> not handled right anymore whereas any other WM, XFCE and fluxbox to
> >> name two, worked flawlessly. I waited quite some time before making
> >> the transition onto KDE 4 back then, i believe it was 4.2 i tested.
> > 
> > Yeah, KDE did take a bit if a risk in the move to KDE4 They released it
> > before it was ready. On the other hand, if they hadn't released it, it'd
> > never have been ready.
> > 
> > The general impresion I got at Fosdem, was that it took them until 4.5 to
> > get it right. I kinda stopped 'insisting on KDE' myself for the same
> > reason, but I'm going to try 4.5 or 4.6 when I get home.
> > 
> > Having that said, Unless there is a stripped down mode, I can't really
> > imagine its use in netbooks.
> > 
> >> I loved most of the 4 new layout, I hated all the functionalities lost
> >> in the process, amarok being another example of good player gone bad.
> >> So in short, as free software is about choice, i chose no longer to
> >> use KDE and mostly use XFCE these days.
> >> 
> >> There, you have the long FUD, enjoy.
> >> Steph
> 
> Stopped using it for the same reasons myself. Looks lovely, but was a
> bit flakey - 4.1 I believe it was, or maybe 4.2.
> Is 1GB enough to run it do you think? I may try it later.
> 
> I currently run LXDE but I recently upgraded from 512MB to 1GB, whoo!
> Another 2GB is cheap in fairness, but in a recession I'm being cheap.

FWIW i run KDE 4.6 on a Lenono S10-3t (1GB, Atom N455 at 1.66GHz) and it is quite 
responsive, of course YMMV.

Albert