How to speed up KDE if it's too sluggish

[joeshmoe]

I created a wiki page, compiling tips about speeding up KDE. Could ya'll please have a look (at the discussion as well) to check and improve the article?

[Garthhh]

System Settings > Desktop Search > Basic Settings: Uncheck Enable Nepomuk Semantic Desktop.

doesn't make sense
I don't find
System Settings > Desktop Search

[joeshmoe]

You don't have Desktop Search? Which version of KDE do you have?

[Garthhh]

Whatever version of KDE come with Mageia2 [4.8.5]
nothing unusual on the setup
I turn off wallet & effects

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[Garthhh]

Last year I was using a notebook with out a hdd
mageia 1 was installed on a flash drive
since everything passed through the USB you could really tell the difference between different browsers
from slowest to fastest
firefox
rekonq
opera
chrome or chromium

[joeshmoe]

Thanks for the info. I'll have to install some different versions.

[doktor5000]

@Garth: If you don't have it, then that is probably no default Mageia KDE install, as it should be present there.
You can see it here: http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase ... ttings.png

Also, this thread is meant to be about KDE, web browser speed comparisons should go in a separate thread, IMHO.

[Garthhh]

@Garth: If you don't have it, then that is probably no default Mageia KDE install, as it should be present there.
You can see it here: http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase ... ttings.png

Also, this thread is meant to be about KDE, web browser speed comparisons should go in a separate thread, IMHO.

how would I get a setup other than default of a live CD?
as usual Sorry I'm not doing it right

[doktor5000]

as usual Sorry I'm not doing it right

I read that often from you, maybe you just ask questions the wrong way, or you could ask before you have a problem? What about asking how you should do it instead?
Also it seems you feel personally attacked by just factual replies, that is not intended, maybe you misinterpret things to your disadvantage?

As the livecd is image-based, (opposed by the DVD or dualarch cd or netinstall, which are package based and allow for customisations of the installation via custom package selection) you can only install the whole thing, and customise afterwards. So you could still install task-kde4 afterwards, if some parts of KDE are not available, which also applies to a default DVD install, which does not bring along ALL of KDE. But IIRC a default install, be it from DVD or livecd, should have Nepomuk, but i'm not quite sure for the livecd.

That why i said "it should be present there".

[joeshmoe]

I installed task-kde-minimal on a Mageia 2 that was freshly installed with originally just LXDE and I got Desktop Search and Nepomuk. I think while running a Mageia 2 Live CD I missed Desktop Search (which would make sense to me). I'll wait for feedback from more users before editing this issue in the wiki.

[doktor5000]

FWIW, I've fixed the section on the wiki page that said how to remove all Akonadi packages, as it totally missed the essential information that this is not possible via either MCC nor urpme as you have to ignore the dependencies. Also added instructions how to only disable Akonadi server without removing the packages, and how to remove KDE PIM packages.

[filip]

Thanks doktor5000. Great as always.