[desktop-discuss] Fwd: GNOME and non-linux platforms (release team please stand up)

[John Martin]

Anon Y Mous wrote:
> I hate running GNOME in OpenSolaris on old hardware anyway. It uses up a lot 
> of RAM and system resources if you don't have something powerful like a 
> monster Nvidia card with it's own GPU and 1/4 to 1/2 of a gig of RAM to power 
> it. ...
In parallel with investigating a light weight CDE replacement
we should also track issues with GNOME not performing well
on modestly configured systems.  I test GNOME+compiz on
a 2GB W2100z + 64MB Quadro NVS 280 and while it isn't
zippy it isn't painful either.