KDE 3.4 is supposed to fix this memory problem. -----Original Message----- From: kclug-bounces@kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces@kclug.org] On Behalf Of Luke-Jr Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:57 AM On Wednesday 04 January 2006 06:25, Arthur Pemberton wrote:

I am looking for something that would run KDE / GNOME well enough that I don't misinterpret its performance as a bug. I suspect video card + 900 MHz machine would do the job. Although, beggers are not choosers.

+ a crapload of RAM Unless you use only very few applications at a time, even 1 GB won't be enough. I generally sit around 3 GB RAM usage-- mostly swapped, which kills performance.