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 Lati

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 eit

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

2002-01-02 Thread Ivica Bukvic
nce either... 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 environm

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