Bug 190519

Summary:	kde is not resoruces friendly
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	spamfang1199
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	andresbajotierra, caionnew, ejmarkow, finex, j.maceachern
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.2.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description spamfang1199 2009-04-24 16:01:09 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

1. Kde uses too much ram. I am not able to let 3 different users at once be logged in and switch between them. I have 756mb ram. That was always more than sufficient for kde 3.5. But now it is barely enough to let 1 user work normally (a second one can  (though KDE 4.2.2 crashes sometimes then). It seems not to give back all of the memory it used, when a user logged out.

2. I have a XP 1800+ with a Nvidia TI4200. But KDE feels sluggish sometimes (browsing with dolphin etc.). If more than only a few programs are running (web-browser, downloads, amarok) the gui becomes slow. In kde 3.5 it was very hard (next to impossible) to slow the UI down. I think it is related to the low memory problem somehow.

Bottom line:

Please be more resources friendly. Don't forget that KDE4 has someday to become the standard Desktop for NETBOOKS!

Thanks for all of your great work. I just love KDE (using it since kde 1) - and especially KDE 4 .

Comment 1 Jeffery MacEachern 2009-05-16 22:50:59 UTC

I'm sure they're working on this, but it also greatly depends on other factors, including your distro: for example, my Arch install with KDE is a well under 300MB (not bad for these days), while Ubuntu would be considerably more resource-hungry.  Netbooks are a valid concern, but keep in mind, you're not likely to have three users logged into a netbook at once, either.  It would be more helpful if you had some concrete suggestions.

Comment 2 spamfang1199 2009-05-18 23:31:31 UTC

Sorry! I don't have much concrete. Xorg uses much too much CPU. Memory consumption is too high. And that, even when only a single user is logged in. I'm sorry to say that: But if you open a few programs (like OO-writer, Iceweasel and a terminal) things get sluggish. It is comparable to windows vista then :-(. This is not a good thing. Keep in mind that windows 7 is designed to run on netbooks. The felt speed will be much better than. So don't let KDE 4 get unusuable for netbooks and older PC's like mine.

And please keep up the good work :-)!

Comment 3 spamfang1199 2010-02-02 21:34:19 UTC

I am running now the 4.3.4 release from Debian-Sid. The composite effects make the scrolling in apps, like firefox or OpenOffice slow. If I turn them off, scrolling is fast again. Please fix that, and keep up your outstanding work.

Comment 4 disabled account 2011-05-27 20:26:27 UTC

I believe that memory consumption is always a concern in developing software.

Comment 5 disabled account 2011-05-27 20:59:17 UTC

*** Bug 226136 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***