On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 11:55, Jeff wrote: > Michael Evaniuck, 2002-Dec-27 09:40 -0700: > > I have been running Debian intermitantly since 2.2 was out. There is > > nothing I would like more to standardize on this distro but there is one > > issue I can not seem to get over. Hopefully one of you good people can > > assist me on this. > > > > If I run am running Debian and attempt to run multiple applications at > > the same time performance degrades a lot. For example if I am playing an > > MP3 on XMMS and while playing it run Mozilla the MP3 cuts out while it is > > loading. I have noticed this happens on some other distros but to a much > > lesser extent. On Gentoo this does not happen at all but I do not have > > the time to spend compiling all my software. Redhat/Mandrake it happens > > but not nearly as bad. Debian gives me the worst performance of two > > applications. Surprisingly Windows 98/2K/XP this does not happen at all > > and you can not tell me M$ multitasks better then Linux!! This happens in > > either KDE, Gnome, or Windowmaker. My system is as follows: > > > > Duron 800mhz > > 256MB RAM > > NVidea TNT2 (32MB) Graphics Card > > Ensoniq Sound Card > > > > BTW - I borrowed a 1.3Ghz processor and put in 512MB RAM and saw no > > difference. > > This is interesting. On my laptop (P3-750mhz, 256MB RAM), I have no > problems like you describe. I would suspect that your desktop > environment is eating up too many resources. I run xfce which is MUCH > lighter than KDE and Gnome, but I'm not sure about Windowmaker. > Perhaps load a light window manager and try it out. > > jc > > > > -- > Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer > Diggin' Debian Admin and User I would point the finger at the Linux implementation of the mpg123 routine, which is a heavier load on Linux than on other platforms it is implemented from my past experience, and is heavier than various other mp3 utilities from my experience. I used mpg123 on both Linux and OS/2 on my old Pentium 90 MHz box with its 80 MiB of RAM, and it was smooth under OS/2, but to keep it from breaking up under Linux, I had to cut the sampling by 4 and settle for mono playback. MPG321, meanwhile, has always been fine. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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