Re: XFCE, and Gnome
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Brendan wrote:
> On Friday 11 May 2007, Joe Hart wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Again, I say, show me the mem usage comparisons.
> The core of XFCE doesn't seem to have gotten any slower for me. Same hardware,
> newer versions...
>
>
Well, why don't you answer the OP's question then instead of asking me
to tell you about things that you obviously know more about than I do?
I do not use XFCE. I did, at one time, but found it to be not what I
was looking for. Perhaps if I spent more time configuring it I would
have found it better, but I didn't because I guess I just am too
impatient. Although you would think if I was so impatient, I would use
a lightweight window manager that would respond instantly to my clicks
instead of in a few milliseconds. ;)
Joe
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