Re: whats better? xterm or a new console log on
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 06:26:35PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> assuming that i am running X, is it better to open an xterm or is it
> better to have another virtual console? what will take lesser memory,
> resources, etc?
Virtual consoles are slightly cheaper, because you don't have a separate
process doing the terminal emulation. However you must be pretty tight
on memory if you actually care!
Obviously, if you're already running X then an X terminal emulator is
likely to be more convenient.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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