I have concerns of my own as well. Trading off our stability (which has been rock solid so far) for minor memory usage improvements is a tricky decision. Nethertheless I see that this is a recurring subject so I'm curious to see it being experimented with. J. Leclanche
2014-07-04 10:41 GMT+01:00 christ...@surlykke.dk <christ...@surlykke.dk>: > > > > 2014-07-04 5:15 GMT+02:00 PCMan <pcman...@gmail.com>: > >> Hello, >> I just did some benchmarks for the new Qt5-based LXQt. >> I did it on the same Debian virtual machine with minimal setup. >> After cold boot, the results were as follows: >> 1. Plain openbox without other apps: 69 MB >> 2. XFCE: 105 MB >> 3. LXDE (gtk+2): 89 MB >> 4: LXQt (Qt5): 109 MB (more than XFCE!!) >> Last time I did the test for LXQt Qt4, it used 37 MB more than >> openbox. Now it increased a little (3MB). Of course this can be caused >> by the differences of autostart apps since openbox does not start some >> of them by default, the memory usage of LXQt is not satisfactory >> enough. >> Besides, the startup of the desktop is really slow. It takes about >> twice the time of LXDE gtk+ to load. I haven't came up with better >> ways to get these numbers down. >> Some simple profiling did not show any single bottle neck, so this is >> not an easy task. >> >> The only sensible way to get memory usage down and speed up startup >> seems to be a single process + loadable module approach, like the one >> proposed by Alexis López Zubieta and their MoonlightDE. I'd like to >> ask again if you guys support the idea? >> >> If there are no objections, I'd like to start doing some experiment >> with that. (in their own branches, of course) >> Comments are needed. Please share your ideas. >> > > I voiced some concerns last time we discussed it. Although I haven't really > changed my mind on the architecture, I certainly wouldn't object to you > doing this if you feel for it. My contributions to LXQt are few and far > between, and by rules of meritocracy you and others who do real > contributions should decide :-) > > I don't see the 40 MB LXQt adds to openbox as a practical problem, but long > startup times certainly are. > > br. Chr. > >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse >> Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community >> Edition >> Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows >> Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft >> _______________________________________________ >> Lxde-list mailing list >> Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse > Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition > Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows > Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft > _______________________________________________ > Lxde-list mailing list > Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open source business process management suite built on Java and Eclipse Turn processes into business applications with Bonita BPM Community Edition Quickly connect people, data, and systems into organized workflows Winner of BOSSIE, CODIE, OW2 and Gartner awards http://p.sf.net/sfu/Bonitasoft _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
