When you are completing a serious task and constantly open and close several applications then you need a faster Desktop Environment. Xfce4 is a an example. It is fast , stable and consumes little CPUs and Working memory. But in case of KDE which is "heavy" and gives us an opportunity to prove ourself not a "Dull People" it is a serious issue. By default KDE is pretty slow. When you are working , you don't need to view all fanciness of Glide or other effects ,In this tutorial , i share with you , how to make kDE 5 faster and usable.
first , create a hidden and empty directory in your $HOME and name it ~/.compose-cache. I experienced that this <a href="http://kdemonkey.blogspot.in/2008/04/magic-trick.html>magic trick </a> works fine. Now the instances of your applications loads 50-150 ms faster.
Second , open Control Center and then Desktop Behavior. Now select Desktop Effects icon of the left side pane. All time consuming fancy effects such as Blur , Translucency which makes your KDE slow are shown in a list. Just disable them.
Third , fire up Control Center again and click on "Display and Monitor" icon of Hardware section. In this section , select Compositor option of the left side pane and makes animation speed "INSTANT" and select "Crisp" option listed in the drop down list to determine a faster scaling method.
Fourth , yes , disable the Splash Screen. We need a faster startup not a slow eye candy presentation at startup.
That's it. Hope this tutorial helps. If you have any suggestion please share and let us know.
first , create a hidden and empty directory in your $HOME and name it ~/.compose-cache. I experienced that this <a href="http://kdemonkey.blogspot.in/2008/04/magic-trick.html>magic trick </a> works fine. Now the instances of your applications loads 50-150 ms faster.
Second , open Control Center and then Desktop Behavior. Now select Desktop Effects icon of the left side pane. All time consuming fancy effects such as Blur , Translucency which makes your KDE slow are shown in a list. Just disable them.
Third , fire up Control Center again and click on "Display and Monitor" icon of Hardware section. In this section , select Compositor option of the left side pane and makes animation speed "INSTANT" and select "Crisp" option listed in the drop down list to determine a faster scaling method.
Fourth , yes , disable the Splash Screen. We need a faster startup not a slow eye candy presentation at startup.
That's it. Hope this tutorial helps. If you have any suggestion please share and let us know.
