Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:56:54 -0500 | From | Kristian Høgsberg <> | Subject | Re: code bloat [was Re: Semaphore assembly-code bug] |
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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.
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