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

2002-01-03 Thread Frank Barknecht
Alexander Ehlert hat gesagt: // Alexander Ehlert wrote: 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 just depending which audio software you're using. I am happy, that most decent audio software does not depend on

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

2002-01-03 Thread Fred Gleason
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Dan Hollis wrote: Musicians usually use laptops, KDE tends to be a bit of a resource hog in the constraints of your typical laptop. It runs great on desktops though. Hmm. I guess it all depends on what typical is. I do much of my development on my laptop (a Dell

[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] 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 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 averagesabout 10% of system memory and about 1% of CPU usage. Please inform... You are lucky enough to have a dual

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

2002-01-02 Thread Ivica Bukvic
... Ico -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-linux-audio- [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dan Hollis Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment? On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, DeMeo