diff -aur kdebase-3.5.8/libkonq/konq_historymgr.cc kdebase-3.5.8.patched/libkonq/konq_historymgr.cc
--- kdebase-3.5.8/libkonq/konq_historymgr.cc	2007-10-08 15:58:37.000000000 +0200
+++ kdebase-3.5.8.patched/libkonq/konq_historymgr.cc	2007-10-18 02:00:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
 	return false;
     }
 
+    // history isn't so important to be synced to disk all the time
+    file.setAsync(true);
+
     QDataStream *fileStream = file.dataStream();
     *fileStream << s_historyVersion;