Intel graphics

[Derek Broughton]

Florian Diesch wrote:

> Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Hal Burgiss wrote:
>>
>>>>> Hope there is real explanation on this problem.
>>> 
>>> This is as good of an explanation as I've seen:
>>> 
>>> http://www.h-online.com/open/Ubuntu-9-04-and-Intel-
>> graphics--/features/113196
>>
>> Actually, it's not.  That describes the "performance regressions".  It is
>> for those reasons that KDE turns off desktop effects when you start a
>> session using an Intel adapter.
> 
> On some cards normal 2D performance is affected, too, on some to a
> degree that working with a GUI is hardly possible anymore. 

Exactly my point - that page doesn't explain that.  And it seems to me KDE 
doesn't actually turn off desktop effects when you start a session, as I 
read somewhere - it does it when trying to apply effects, and the effects 
take too long.
-- 
derek