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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,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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