is Xfce getting too bloated ?

[Jasper Huijsmans]

purslow at sympatico.ca wrote:
...
> 
> the point i really want(ed) to make is not so much that Xfce has got slower
> -- though it has -- , but that KDE has got a lot faster in starting up.
> there is very little difference in start-up time between KDE 3.3.0
> before it starts applications (there's a bar & percent chart for it all)
> & Xfce 4.0.6 without the session manager, 4.2 being about the same
> or perhaps a bit slower due to the menu configuration.
> 

Well, that's definitely a compliment for KDE then ;)

Seriously, though, is there anything you'd like to see Xfce do 
differently on startup? Well apart from starting instantly, that is ;^)

> i can't understand why others want to make an issue of KDE services,
> which they describe as an extra when starting Xfce.
> if you use the session manager -- after all, an important addition to 4.2 --
> & you start a normal range of applications,
> you are very likely to start some KDE items, which are among the best.
> Xfce does not have a terminal -- really, it's too primitive to use -- 
> nor a browser nor games, nor hopefully will it try to add such things
> (ok maybe a terminal, if it ever gets fully worked out).
> 

I guess someone needs to write a qtce ;-)

> again, the issue is not how fast Xfce 4.2 is with or without session-managing,
> but how much faster it is than its principal competitor, ie hardly at all.
> 

We can't help that if you use that many KDE apps. This means you start 
KDE anyway. We do try though, so suggestions for improvements are very 
welcome.

Thanks,
	Jasper