Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower? 1555
Johan Schinberg writes "Bob Marr wrote an interesting editorial about what many of us have have noticed lately: the three most popular Linux distros are getting "fatter" in terms of their memory footprint and CPU demands for their graphical desktops. Fedora Core 2 isn't usable below 192 MBs of RAM while Mandrake and SuSE aren't very far off similar requirements either. There was a time when Linux users would brag that their favorite OS was far less demanding that Windows, but this doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Modern distros that use the latest versions of KDE and (especially) Gnome feel considerably heavier than before or even than Windows XP/2k3. Sure, Longhorn has higher requirements than XP (256 MB RAM, 800 MHz CPU) and the final version will undoubtly be much more demanding, but that's in 2-3 years from now. For the time being, I am settled with XFce on my Gentoo but I always welcome more carefully-written code."
I for one... (Score:4, Funny)
Answer (Score:4, Funny)
The problem is X (Score:1, Funny)
Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower? (Score:2, Funny)
This is an important question. It's something we have to think about moving forward. I'd definitely have to say:
So is your momma.
Linux has the Option (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not on Gentoo (Score:2, Funny)
Move to Vancouver, hippie.
Don't worry (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That's why (Score:5, Funny)
"Four terminal windows at the same time."
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Re:That's why (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Windows XP v. KDE or Gnome (Score:3, Funny)
Or are you perhaps missing the point?
Not my experience (Score:5, Funny)
A student approaches his master and asks him: Master, how come my 3GHz Hyperthreaded four processor system with 2Gb of RAM feels so slow, yet I never hear you complain about your old 386? Doesn't it run slower?
And the Master responds: A hare will think the grass is dead, while a turtle might see it grow. A penguin on the other hand, doesn't even know what grass is.
The student was immediately enlightened, went home and programmed a web server on his Commodore 64.
Heavier and Slower? (Score:2, Funny)
- Tash
Re:That's why (Score:3, Funny)
Fucking A.
Re:Some questions for the author... (Score:3, Funny)
Been there, done that. [apple.com]
Re:That's why (Score:2, Funny)
You would recommend Microsoft Bob?! I guess it does run smoothly on a 486 with only 8 MB of RAM....
Linux Desktop Getting Heavier (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Translation (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously, though, your anger at my admittedly vague post is disproportionate, especially since I clarified myself in responses I made before you posted.
Re:Mainly the startup times... (Score:3, Funny)
Most Windows developers *are* jumped up VB programmers.
Of course, most *IX developers are jumped up perl programmers.
It's not a reflection on Windows; it's just the way software development works.
Actual test results show that (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Trolls to left, Flamers to the right, stuck . . (Score:2, Funny)
Even in fvwm dragging a window is sluggish (and it doesnt even display the contents whilst dragging)