Sure, the file manager is, but it's not as capable as Konqueror is, either. It's unreasonable to expect that KDE be as fast as minimalist window managers, because it does a lot more. We need a capable desktop to attract newbies, otherwise the only people who run Linux will be those who know already how to do everything from a terminal window. We've even reached a point where the guy which makes an heavy use of XEmacs and its extensios to get a full desktop environment needs less resources. Next thing people are going to be saying is 'ls' is just bloatware.
Lets get real people.
This isn't the 60's and hard drive space isn't all that scarce. In general, a session is huge. The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. Comments are owned by the Poster.