KDE (4.4) vs GNOME (2.28). Part 1/2: KDE 4.4 is very pretty, but it is still too slow!

This is KDE 4.4.0 running on Ubuntu 9.10 (32 bits) at my laptop.
I also tried it in openSUSE 11.2 and it works just as slow than in Ubuntu.

KDE needs to improve their performance more and more to run it in older processors than Intel's Core i7.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• KDE
• KDE 4
• slow
• KDE 4.4

[miopizza]

In OpenSuSE GNOME is far the slowest.

[usryutub]

@miopizza Different themes have different performance. Try it with the same theme: h t t p: / / gnome-look . org / content / show.php ? content=86717

Probably GNOME's default theme (Clearlooks) also will be faster than openSUSE's theme, like in Ubuntu.

[jmans25]

on virtualbox, with everything max, on my computer, I tried Gnome ubuntu (ubuntu it's self) and it runs PERFECT with a FEW defects!!! KDE on ubuntu still reminds me of the slowdom and hardness of use on Windows Vista, and STILL can't log on to ROOT no matter what you edit, which makes it hard to use for n00bs.

ps: nice song, what is it?

[usryutub]

DJ Spoke - Fall to pieces (Van Gelder remix)

[librano]

My advice to anyone who wants to try KDE is don't use Kubuntu... or worse, Ubuntu with KDE installed on top. Kubuntu is one of the worst KDE distros out there.

Try OpenSUSE, PCLinuxOS or my favorite... Arch Linux.

[tylerwylie]

Bad music for an interesting video :(

[theif519]

"KDE needs to improve their performance more and more to run it in older processors than Intel's Core i7."

You said that it runs slow on an i7? I have an i3 but every other KDE works well with mine... 1TB HDD, 6GB RAM, 3.2 GHz Dual-Core *4 CPUs* and everything is perfect for me except the graphics card, which is Intel HD Graphics

[theif519]

I have more of a high-end computer so I need not worry about how much resources it takes up or how much "Slower" it is compared to GNOME, because compared to Windows, it's fast or around the same speed, which is good enough for me :D

[MrKOknee]

Did you have compositing enabled in KDE?

[mentecato1]

I think you need to buy a new machine.

my english suc**!!! hehehe!!

[jessemaurais]

I tried installing KDE concurrently with GNOME on Ubuntu 10.04

I'm never doing that again. KDM took over my cursor and desktop effects so that when I logged into GNOME nothing looked right. There were too many clashes for me to bother sorting them out. Now that I've uninstalled KDE I'm still seeing the kubuntu splash screen when I boot.

[j800r]

@dbh1cibai kubuntu has never been slow for me.

[j800r]

@usryutub the program is recordmydesktop if using gnome you want gtk-recordmydesktop, if using kde you want qt

[cr561979]

Gnome is fast but looks like "made in 1998".KDE on the other hand has still some issues with plasma being a bit choppy, but its a much more modern approach to a UI.