Subject: Re: Gnome is taking over the world
From: Arthur Corliss (arthur@corlissfamily.org)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 11:56:30 AKST
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Matthew Schumacher wrote:
> While gnome is a good desktop (as is kde) it still amazes me how much
> memory they consume. Neither is anywhere near as efficient as the newer
> windows explorer from a memory usage perspective.
>
> I would love to use gnome or kde, but until the memory requirement comes
> down I'll stick with windowmaker.
>
> And yes, I have 512MB in my laptop and that should be plenty!
Agreed, I use fvwm2, myself, on free OSes, anyway. From the release notes of
the latest GNOME it seems they're paying closer attention to memory/cpu
optimisation, though, so things should improve.
--Arthur Corliss
Bolverk's Lair -- http://arthur.corlissfamily.org/
Digital Mages -- http://www.digitalmages.com/
"Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto
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