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Meringankan Desktop KDE 4 di Kubuntu Jaunty



Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackapole datang dengan KDE 4.2.2. Dari sekian banyak pernak-pernik keindahan desktop KDE 4 yang menawan, ternyata Kubuntu Jaunty dengan KDE 4.2.2 menyisakan satu kekurangan yang agak menggangu, yaitu agak berat bila dijalankan pada PC tua dan dengan resolusi lebar.


Sebagai contoh teknis, sistem saya adalah :

P IV 2,4 Ghz / Memori 512 MB

Resolusi maksimal 1280x1024 piksel


Dengan sistem tersebut, tiap saya menggerak-gerakan pointer ke segala arah di desktop, akan terasa patah-patah dan agak berat. Saya sempat agak kesal dan ingin membuang Kubuntu dari PC saya, tetapi akhirnya saya mendapat satu trik untuk membuat desktop Kubuntu Jaunty terasa lebih ringan.


Trik tersebut adalah : jalankan compositing manager ! Karena saya memakai PC tua, maka saya menggunakan xcompmgr compositing manager, sebuah aplikasi compositing manager kecil yang ringan. Untuk menginstalasinya sangat mudah ;


$ sudo apt-get install xcompmgr


Agar xcompmgr jalan otomatis waktu booting sistem, masukan program tersebut ke daftar autostart applications. Caranya sangat mudah, jalankan run (Alt+F2), lalu ketik 'autostart' (tanpa petik).


Pada jendela konfigurasi autostart, pilih 'Add Program', dan ketikan 'xcompmgr' pada bagian custom applications, dan Apply.


Sekarang, desktop Kubuntu Jaunty dengan KDE 4 sudah lebih ringan dan nyaman digunakan !


Selamat ber-desktop Linux !



Comments

waroeng ubuntu said…
menarik... aku juga desktop kde bikin hang melulu :(

makanya aku lebih suka gnome
Alwan Rosyidi said…
iya pak... kde itu cantik dan sexy luar biasa (sprti julie estele), tapi perawatan mahal.. hahahaha...

kalo buat warnet malah ndak cocok...

enakan gnome skarang..


padalah dulu pas gnome2 versi awal, aku selalu pengin ketawa..

waktu itu gnome amat teramat sangat jelek, tapi sekarang justru menjadi desktop yang amat dewasa dan memuaskan,,,

saya pakai kadee hanya buat sains saja ^_^

lebi enakan iks fe se e, atau el iks de e :D

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