Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Has semantic-desktop really become compulsatory for kmail?

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Donnerstag 11 Februar 2010, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 01:17:07AM +0000, Stroller wrote
> 
> > I cannot for a moment believe that you (Roy) can organise your files
> > so that you can find them easier than typing a search term & clicking
> > on the correct result. You just don't want to try it because your
> > current methods are "good enough" for you, but this isn't good grounds
> > on which to complain about KDE moving on with their development of a
> > state-of-the-art desktop which will actually make life easier for
> > millions of other people (people who aren't afraid to try it).
> 
>   Yes, I can organize my files to the point where I rarely ever use
> find.  Just because you can't, is not a reason to slow down everybody
> else's desktop.  And if I really wanted a glitzy, bloated,
> slow-as-molasses, pointy-clicky-touchy-feely-oowee-GUI, I would've
> stayed with Windows, thank you.  I started with Blckbox and am now on
> ICEWM.
> 
>   I have to put up with Windows at work and one of the first things I do
> with a new machine is to turn off indexing.  It noticeably, speeds up
> the system.  I'll take the rare occasional long search versus continuous
> disk-thrashing, thank you.


again. You are talking about stuff you do know nothing about. Semantic desktop 
is not a MUST. You can turn it off.
Second, even if you use it the impact on performance is negligble. updatedb 
running over your harddisks does a lot more damage than nepomuk - with the 
additional bonus that nepomuk only indexes once.

But again, you can turn it off with a single mouse click. So what again ist 
your problem? Besides that it is new?