RE: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread Ivica Bukvic
Personally, I stuck to the KDE primarily due to its extremely well-implemented RAD toolkits and extremely versatile widget toolkit (qt). I use it on my laptop on a daily basis (granted, my laptop is a 1 GHz monster, so maybe that is why I do not notice its "bloatedness"), and have yet to experienc

Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread David Gerard Matthews Jr.
"DeMeo, William" wrote: > > "David Gerard Matthews Jr." wrote: > > > 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. > Please inform... You are lucky enough t

Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread Dan Hollis
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, DeMeo, William wrote: > "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 pe

Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread DeMeo, William
"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 s

Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread iriXx
hi, i've been using WindowMaker while doing audio, i've found its noticeably less demanding than KDE or Gnome. of course the issues of using gnome/kde libs might crop up, but there are some apps which dont use them... anyhow, thats just my 2c worth as a good platform which still allows you to

Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread David Gerard Matthews Jr.
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 Joachim Backhaus wrote: > > Hi there, > > I don't if

Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread Alexander Ehlert
Hi, > I think KDE and gnome are too overpowered. in this case you can still use the console? The question is whether you're happy doing it. You can use cglame for this purpose. On the other hand, if you feel like using a gui, you won't get around at least the qt/kde libs or the gnome/gtk libs ju

[linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?

2002-01-02 Thread Joachim Backhaus
Hi there, I don't if this is an old issue but what is the fastest desktop environment for linux audio? I think KDE and gnome are too overpowered. Has anyone made or knows of benchmarks results especially for the audio sector? Thanx in advance Joachim Backhaus

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT?] first RME hammerfall dsp's (multiface versions) are slowly trickling in... Any news on development of Linux driver for these beasts?

2002-01-02 Thread Paul Davis
>> a device is being shipped to me. once it arrives, work on the driver >> will commence. i announced this on alsa-devel, where other subsequent >> announcements will follow. the pcmcia version is slated for at least >> the end of january, since there is at least one more h/w rev needed >> before