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puchu

But I don't feel any sluggishness.

I am using the x64 version of Mndriva 2009 on my AMD 64.

ShAdOwCoN

Really ?? I too am surprised because i have 3GB of DDR2 ram .... so was very surprised to see that it was slow

I had installed kde separately a few months after installing Ubuntu 8.10 ...... dunno what the problem is

but i read reports in the news that kde 4.1.3 is in a transition state of development and so is a bit slow

The One

I am also using it in my Fedora 10, and not facing much problems. I did feel some problems (sluggishness and firefox used to freeze after about 10 mins always). But, they ended soon after I put it upto date (Updated Fedora).

puchu

I have a little less RAM, 2.5 GB , but there may be some other reason, it may not be the RAM .

ShAdOwCoN

when i open a new window or a file , the screen becomes crappy (like somebody scribbled on it with crayon) for half a second , before the app opens , and it takes atleast a second to open a new window .... menus are very slow they have a like u said sluggish/laggy feel... i dont face this issue in Gnome or xp

its updated daily

The One

@Shadow

Why are you not switching to KDE 4.2?
Just noticed that you were using KDE 4.1

puchu

If I am not wrong then compiz(linux window decoration) has been enabled, but it is not configured properly. If the animation speeds and amount are not set properly then this lag is normal. Try changing these values in compiz config and the problem might be solved.

But if compiz has not been enabled, then I have no idea about why you are facing this lag.
About that distorted screen((like somebody scribbled on it with crayon)), it also happens for me but only when I enable transparency for a console window, and that problem is limited to that console window only, so I can live with that. Everything else is fine.
I have also used the KDE 4 desktop in SUSE, but no lag there too.
As you have 3Gs of RAM, I am assuming that you also have a good display card.

Mine is a 7600GS with 512MB DDR2 dedicated , and it works like charm. The compiz animations are just so cooooooooool .

Even I have a pinnacle media center tuner, and believe me, while the TV is running, I activate the 3D cube, and TV shows the output in real time while rotating the cube.

My system is a bit old, the config is as follows,
AMD athlon 64 1.8GHz-(OC-2GHz)
ASUS k8v-x--VIA chipset----RAID-0,1
2.5GB DDR 400,
SATA-80+250 + IDE-20GB
7600GS -512MB DDR2
Pinnacle media center (properly configured in LINUX)
and so on.

os-
xp
+
Mandriva 2008 X64------upgraded to Mandriva 2009

ShAdOwCoN

oh ! i had configured compiz for Gnome but not for kde ... will tinker with it now

yup i have an 8800GT


wooooooooooooooooow ! ... real time o/p in a cube ? have to try that one

i use xp sp3+ Ubuntu Ibex both 32 bit

tell me why did you go for the 64 bit version ??

i think i got the numbers wrong .... its the latest kde version (auto update via update manager)

puchu

Well you can download many 64 bit linux CD and DVDs from there respective sites, like opensuse or Mandriva, otherwise serch in FTPs. You can get all those 64 and 32 bit and the beta and unreleased versions of almost all LINUX types. Try your luck.

I spend a number of nights crawling through FTPs in search of a good LINUX distro, with good download speed. The following are a few of them. Search for yourself and download what you want. I download 10 distros and only one works for me perfectly fine , and sometimes even none.

Lately I could not find the Powepack version of Mandriva in any FTP, but got it in torrents.

• ubuntu
  • http://mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu-cdimage/releases/hardy/release/
• Mandriva
  • http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.mandrake.com/devel/iso/
• All linux, including the beta ones
  • http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/?C=M;O=A
  • http://mirror.yandex.ru/

nivin

The most important benefict of ubuntu is ,
its free
you can use edit and distribute as your choice.
And you will get supports as community and udates
its much better than microsoft

puchu

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shady911

no offence but to make it clear to everyone when it comes to linux UBUNTU is the real killer no matter what other distro give you ultimately you would want ubuntu. As far as compiz is concerned, not everyone likes it (but I like it). There is absolutely no problem installing anything. Plus you can customize it almost using anything.

puchu

Hey Mr. no offence , have you downloaded ubuntu 9.04 or whatever is the latest ?
I have a work for you, can you do it ?
I have opened a new thread for LIVE OS review. Can you review the latest ubuntu and post the results on this thread ?

http://www.indiabroadband.net/operat...os-review.html (LIVE OS review)

shady911

I'll try to get it up by this sunday