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Subject: Re: freebsd7 & kde4 & performance
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:18:10 +0200
Michal Kulczewski <kulka@man.poznan.pl> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm a little bit disappointed with the performance of kde4 on
> freebsd7. I have Pentium M 2GHz, 1GB RAM, radeon x300, tried both,
> radeon and ati drivers, 
> but kde4 is still so slow that I cannot work
> with it. Is it because of poor graphic card or driver itself? I'm
> looking forward to any suggestions.

Have you tried turning-off all the effects.

Personally I prefer KDE3, I don't think KDE4 is ready for serious use.