"David Gerard Matthews Jr." wrote: > > I run a really stripped-down Blackbox when doing audio work. For > general tasks (websurfing, etc.) I usually use Gnome, but as you pointed > out, it's way too bloated for audio (and KDE is even worse). Some people > also like XFCE or IceWM. > -dgm
Could someone please elaborate on why KDE is too bloated for audio. I'm using KDE with 256MB and two 400 MHz processors and X averages about 10% of system memory and about 1% of CPU usage. For "real-time" audio apps, I would think the main issue would be appropriate use of OS facilities (e.g. scheduling, interrupts, etc.), and I don't see how downgrading your window manager will do anything more than make available a few more megs and clock cycles. I suppose if you're really doing real-time programming and don't want to have as many low priority tasks to worry about, of course it's easier to have a light-weight window manager, or better, no window manager, but are there other significant advantages? Please inform...
