Re: XFCE, and Gnome
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Brendan wrote:
> On Friday 11 May 2007, Joe Hart wrote:
>> Masatran, R. Deepak wrote:
>>> XFCE advertises itself as a fast window manager. But since both are based
>>> on GTK, won't Gnome be equally fast? What is it that makes XFCE faster
>>> than Gnome?
>> Good question.
>>
>> It used to be faster. Today, I don't think it really is. IceWM and
>> Fluxbox are both better alternatives, IMO.
>
> "Used to be faster" seems to mean that you have then and now comparisons.
> Where do these comparisons live so I can take a peek?
>
>
No, I do not have comparisons because I only used it very briefly. I
should be a bit more careful in my statements. I will rephrase.
The older versions were much lighter than the current version in their
resource usage. However, the new version has many feature additions to
make it more functional, and therefore need the additional resources.
With modern computers the difference is negligible, but for a older
computer that has limited memory, there are better alternatives.
Joe
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