Re: Mini 10v
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:39:14PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > So now compare the overhead of those applets (CPU, memory, anything
> > else?) to the applets you have running.
>
> This is a flawed analogy. Each one of those applets are ones that serve
> some purpose to me at the moment. I use the menu dozens of times a night, the
> workspace switcher hundreds, window buttons hundreds, I glance at the clock
> all the time, monitor the weather most nights and the icons in the tray
> provide me with useful information. An MTA resident in memory being used once
> a day, if that, is not serving me an immediate purpose. Considering the
> class of machine this is (highly portable, personal machine) it is highly
> unlikely that it would ever needs a resident MTA.
I agree with "it would ever needs a resident MTA".
> > Is the saving really worth it? What are the actual problems with the
> > exim?
>
> Nothing. I use Exim on the machine hosting my domain. The machine that
> processes several thousand messages a day. The machine where having a
> resident MTA makes sense. On a machine where I don't look at local mail,
> won't be serving mail, having it resident makes no sense.
If so, why not configuring exim or postfix as non-resident. It can be
done. Why not?
If resource is issue, reducing eye candies have real impact.
I always wonder why gnome-terminal eats so much CPU resource.
Osamu
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