As many people will already know, Ubuntu, and therefore Kubuntu and the other *buntu releases, will be releasing version 8.04 (aka. Hardy) in just under 2 weeks.

Now, if you're like me and prefer KDE over Gnome and also want to have a play with the new KDE4 version, you may need to know one thing:

Scim interferes badly.

Now I hope they have it fixed by release date, but if they don't, then here is what happens.

Every single KDE related application takes 40 seconds or more to open. Removing all the scim related stuff removes this slow down and everything is lovely and speedy again. So, you have been warned.