Re: Ram use

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I was using kubuntu for a week and then I alredy miss gnome and its
flexibility. KDE is nice , have good loking windows decoration, but it isn't
runing well ot 1gb of ram even.
Sorry about my bad English.
2009/6/21 Steve Reilly
> Karl Larsen wrote:
> > I was curious to determine if Kubuntu uses more RAM than Gnome.
> > Since I have both on my laptop in version 8.10 I decided to try to
> > measure this. I used top to get the data and I saved the part needed to
> > gedit which you can get on both kubuntu and gnome. I took data at 10
> > minutes after boot-up. Here is the data:
> >
> >
> > This what kumbutu has at 10 minutes after a boot-up
> >
> > top - 15:41:02 up 10 min, 2 users, load average: 0.11, 0.20, 0.16
> > Tasks: 111 total, 3 running, 108 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> > Cpu(s): 2.0%us, 1.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 96.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.3%hi, 0.7%si,
> > 0.0%st
> > Mem: 2003384k total, 703040k used, 1300344k free, 18636k buffers
> > Swap: 4096564k total, 0k used, 4096564k free, 265856k cached
> >
> >
> > This is what Gnome has at 10 minutes after boot-up
> >
> > top - 15:54:00 up 10 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.12, 0.12
> > Tasks: 113 total, 1 running, 112 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> > Cpu(s): 1.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si,
> > 0.0%st
> > Mem: 2003384k total, 476996k used, 1526388k free, 16508k buffers
> > Swap: 4096564k total, 0k used, 4096564k free, 185312k cached
> >
> >
> > Notice that it is 703040k and 476996k which shows that Gnome uses
> > 226044k less Ram.
> >
> > This is nearly half again as much as Gnome and .226Gb can be a lot if
> > you have just 1 GB of RAM.
> >
> >
> > 73 Karl
> >
> >
>
> kde has always been a memory hog, i gave it up in my suse days after the
> kde4 atrocity was released. i understand it hasnt gotten much better
> over the years as you can already tell by your research. its nice to
> look at, but not functional at all on lower end machines. tried it once
> on this T42 with a gig of ram, and pent M 1.6ghz. not a speed demon,
> but not a dog either, still broken, still has missing icons, etc, and
> was completely unusable. of course this isnt meant to bash any desktop,
> simply stating my experience, ymmv.
>
>
> steve
>
>
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I was using kubuntu for a week and then I alredy miss gnome and its flexibi=
lity. KDE is nice , have good loking windows decoration, but it isn't r=
uning well ot 1gb of ram even.Sorry about my bad English.
2009/6/21 Steve Reilly <sfreilly@roadrunner.com>
Karl Larsen wrote:
> =A0 =A0 I was curious to determine if Kubuntu uses more RAM than Gnome=
.
> Since I have both on my laptop in version 8.10 I decided to try to
> measure this. I used top to get the data and I saved the part needed t=
o
> gedit which you can get on both kubuntu and gnome. I took data at 10
> minutes after boot-up. Here is the data:
>
>
> This what kumbutu has at 10 minutes after a boot-up
>
> top - 15:41:02 up 10 min, =A02 users, =A0load average: 0.11, 0.20, 0.1=
6
> Tasks: 111 total, =A0 3 running, 108 sleeping, =A0 0 stopped, =A0 0 zo=
mbie
> Cpu(s): =A02.0%us, =A01.0%sy, =A00.0%ni, 96.0%id, =A00.0%wa, =A00.3%hi=
, =A00.7%si,
> 0.0%st
> Mem: =A0 2003384k total, =A0 703040k used, =A01300344k free, =A0 =A018=
636k buffers
> Swap: =A04096564k total, =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00k used, =A04096564k free, =A0=
265856k cached
>
>
> This is what Gnome has at 10 minutes after boot-up
>
> top - 15:54:00 up 10 min, =A02 users, =A0load average: 0.00, 0.12, 0.1=
2
> Tasks: 113 total, =A0 1 running, 112 sleeping, =A0 0 stopped, =A0 0 zo=
mbie
> Cpu(s): =A01.0%us, =A00.0%sy, =A00.0%ni, 99.0%id, =A00.0%wa, =A00.0%hi=
, =A00.0%si,
> 0.0%st
> Mem: =A0 2003384k total, =A0 476996k used, =A01526388k free, =A0 =A016=
508k buffers
> Swap: =A04096564k total, =A0 =A0 =A0 =A00k used, =A04096564k free, =A0=
185312k cached
>
>
> =A0 =A0 Notice that it is 703040k and 476996k which shows that Gnome u=
ses
> 226044k less Ram.
>
> This is nearly half again as much as Gnome and .226Gb can be a lot if
> you have just 1 GB of RAM.
>
>
> 73 Karl
>
>

kde has always been a memory hog, i gave it up in my suse days =
after the
kde4 atrocity was released. =A0i understand it hasnt gotten much better
over the years as you can already tell by your research. =A0its nice to
look at, but not functional at all on lower end machines. =A0tried it once
on this T42 with a gig of ram, and pent M 1.6ghz. =A0not a speed demon,
but not a dog either, still broken, still has missing icons, etc, and
was completely unusable. of course this isnt meant to bash any desktop,
simply stating my experience, ymmv.


steve


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