I think anytime you get a nice squishy gui like KDE, no matter what platform it takes resources. KDE probably more so because X does not run inside the kernel. Hopefully some of the improvements in 2.6 that targeted X slowdowns will make a big difference. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Dunsmore To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: 2/21/04 1:31 PM Subject: [TCLUG] Re: Linux as desktop on 450 MHZ PIII - too slow Why is it that I always hear about how windows is so bloated when kde and esp. gnome can take up even more space? how did people run linux with X five years ago and what happened so they can't with the same computer now? recently I was looking around at free beos clones, there's a community doing this centered at http://beunited.org. most of them actually use linux and X to make their os. I heard many of them talking about how bad linux is for a graphical desktop and they can run their beos clones on old computers very quickly. apparently, some have found ways to make X run much faster. I haven't tried them out yet, but this is something to check out, I'm not sure if there's binary or source compatability with linux. I've also heard that freebsd is faster on the desktop than linux. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list