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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:12:03 -0500
From:      Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com>
To:        RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: KDE3 --> KDE4
Message-ID:  <d356c5630908070712h60984206w7fb0bf992652fbdc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090807142320.0dcae186@gumby.homeunix.com>
References:  <D9D069F574EE82AE9F203CAB@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <20090807003338.GC83349@thought.org> <20090807142320.0dcae186@gumby.homeunix.com>

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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:23 AM, RW<rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:33:38 -0700
> Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i'd be interested in Paul's question. =A0it may be that kd=
e3
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 is sopping up waaaay to much disc space. =A0only have 6.5g
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 left....
>
> KDE4 makes =A0KDE3 look like Fluxbox.
>
> I can't remember =A0the exact figures on /usr, but I maintain my ccache
> by timestamp, and it rose from 3.2GB to 7.9GB after adding KDE4. And
> that 3.2GB figure included kde3 (including KOffice), xfce, fluxbox,
> windowmaker, icewm and numerous gui and server applications.
>
>

Is there an increase in usability/benefit to match the increase in
resource consumption?  (Please forgive me - I know that's a horribly
subjective question.)

Thanks,

Andrew



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