On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 03:44, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Yes. X is not particularly slow. It's what Window Manger/Desktop > Environment that a vendor chooses to layer on top of it, that makes it > appear slow. > > For example, Mac OS X uses X, but the Aqua Window Manger/Desktop > Environment is very fast, so the whole thing is fast. > > So the focus needs to be on the Window Manger/Desktop Environment, not X. > > -ste
Agreed. But one point that keeps being skirted is the fact that RH8 and RH9 are inherently slow "out of the box" - and with some tweaking and tuning, coupled with the usage of a "lighter" window manager/desktop, it CAN be fast. -- Wed Jun 25 08:45:00 EST 2003 08:45:00 up 8:31, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.08, 0.08 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * The, uh, snowy mountains are like really cold, eh? And the, um, plains stretch out like my moms girdle, eh? There's lotsa beers and doughnuts for everyone, eh? So the last one to be peaceful and everything is a big idiot, Eh? So shut yer face up and dry yer mucklucks by the fire, eh? And dream about girls with their high beams on, eh? They may be cold, but that's okay! Beer's better that way! Eh? -- A, like, Tribute to the Great White North, eh? Beauty! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
