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... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]