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SubjectRe: code bloat [was Re: Semaphore assembly-code bug]
Lee Revell wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 07:49 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
>>Z Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Or join me in my effort to limit bloat. Why use an X server
>>>that uses 15-30 megs of RAM when you can use FBUI which is 25 kilobytes
>>>of code with very minimal kmallocing?
>>
>>FBUI does not have 3d acceleration?
>
>
> Um I don't think chucking X is the answer. The problem is that it's
> embarassingly slow compared to any modern GUI. If the display were as
> snappy as WinXP I don't care if it's 200MB. On my desktop I constantly
> see windows redrawing every freaking widget in situations where XP would
> just blit from an offscreen buffer or something.
>
> Anyway please keep replies off LKML and on the Xorg list...

Actually, please keep replies off the Xorg list as well.

Thanks,
Kristian
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