You're kind of missing the point. It seems like most Linux boosters do and I believe on purpose so as not to "undermine" Linux. No X no KDE, no Gnome.
If someone wants a full function/look GUI like Win or MAC then telling them to use Blackbox instead or (your lightweight gui of choice here) is not a helpful response to people who complain what a pig Linux running KDE or Gnome is. Compared to Windows it SIMPLY IS! I wish people would tell them the simple truth that on the same hardware as they used to run Windows whatever, Linux running whatever full blown gui of your choice will NEVER run as fast as Windows. No amount of tweaking, praying or good luck is going to change that. So I'll rephrase my complaint. X plus (the full blown wm of your choice here) sucks, is slow as hell on moderate hardware, and that and the fact that the current Linux GUI desktop looks like shit (fonts, ui, etc.) to most non Political Linux and regular 'ol windows/mac users is the reason why desktop linux is not overtaking (or even competing with) any other desktop OS soon or in the forseeable future. In short, X and KDE, Gnome, etc. sucks and for Linux to be a great desktop OS the entire video/gui layer of Linux will have to be redone from scratch. Because, as the foundation for a desktop GUI on an individual machine, X sucks 8^) Regards, Mike Wafkowski ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:19 AM Subject: Re: Why is RH9 slower than Windows98SE. Any advice? > On 20-Jun-2003/03:51 -0400, MWafkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The Reason - X, X and X again. > > > >I hate X. > > I doubt that X is the problem. It is more likely that it is the window > manager and/or desktop environment that is slowing things down. You can > demonstrate this to yourself by using lightweight window manager like > Blackbox. The difference is dramatic. > > GNOME and KDE have nice features, but they slow things down significantly. > > Tony > -- > Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D > AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> > Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.490 / Virus Database: 289 - Release Date: 6/17/2003 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
