Is "hogging" a technical term? I'm not sure that wikipedia has the right definition. Thanks
-----Original Message----- From: Bryan J. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 11:43 AM To: Chris Adams Cc: Linux Group HuntsVegas Subject: Re: LUNA: Re: FC5 hogging RAM .... -- Nautilus is a "Gecko basednightmare" On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:01 -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Gecko != Mozilla. You have been saying that somehow Nautilus and > Mozilla are the same. That's like saying "cp = ls" because they both > use libc. Huh? No, completely different. > However, I can't see that Nautilus is one of them. I'm > looking at a running copy of nautilus (checking the libraries it has > mapped in), the RPM dependencies, and at the source (both the SRPM spec > file requirements and the source itself) and I see no reference to > Gecko. It has the _old_ GRE. It's not even statically linked, it's _embedded_. That's why you don't see it. > Now, maybe Nautilus internalizes Gecko, but it sure doesn't look that > way. > Oh, a quick Google on 'nautilus "Gecko based nightmare"' finds one > source for that: a NewsForge message board with that exact phrase, > followed by another: > Indeed!-FUDDING with Misinformation. > "Oh, what about the Gnome users? Well, their screwed because Nautilus > is also a Gecko based nightmare but, being Gnome users, their use to > being screwed." > We're use to being screwed by those who FUD with misinformation. > Nautilus uses the gtkhtml component to display HTML, not gecko. That person is not aware of the Nautilus development. At first, they were using GTKHTML[2] _just_ for browsing. But they are using Gecko for _other_ components as well. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Americans don't get upset because citizens in some foreign nations can burn the American flag -- Americans get upset because citizens in those same nations can't burn their own ---- LUNA-LIST help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the list keeper: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LUNA-LIST Web Site: <URL:http://luna.huntsville.al.us>
