Comments on: Things become clearer

By: Two fresh systems « Motho ke motho ka botho

Two fresh systems « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:46:46 +0000

[...] promise you you’ll get anything that’s even near where the Arch packages stand. (And as I discovered, the sluggishness that plagues Ubuntu Gnome is evident in the newest versions of Debian Gnome. [...]

By: ikaruga

ikaruga — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:47:01 +0000

Yeah, gnome is actually a walking contradiction — it’s designed to be simple to use, but the underlying code is bloated. On this computer, I was cursing ubuntu for running slow. I tried various distros, and then I realized that the culprit was (partly) Gnome… Try KDE — it’s coded with speed in mind. Even KDE 4 is supposed to be faster and more lightweight than KDE 3.

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:20:05 +0000

True, and I don’t blame Debian for Gnome’s faults. I was just surprised when I installed the earlier version and had a zippy little Gnome setup after working with so many saggy Ubuntu ones. So moving up to testing was another letdown. I had gotten my hopes up.

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:06:30 +0000

Well, I dunno how much debian can really do about the speed of gnome, short of rewriting the whole desktop themselves. Distros are typically in the business of packing other peoples software, so whatever Ubuntus uses that is slow, Debian is likely to use too.

By: eazy

eazy — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:31:21 +0000

About the offline problem, I remember this was caused by NetworkManager (integration) of Epiphany and Evolution. If you’re not connected with it, it tell them that you’re offline.

I think there’s a workaround of that. Or you can remove NetworkManager and this should disappear.

Cheers,
eaZY