> Few examples: > Linux+Gnome is much faster than Solaris+JDS on the > same AMD hardware. > JDS+Solaris needs more memory than Linux+Gnome (same > hardware). 512MB > are enough for Linux, Solaris starts swapping after a > few hours of > usage and doesn't stop until swap is full. JDS > doesn't grok Gnome > session files from Linux.
Actually, I think that these are a bug within Gnome on Solaris rather than anything directly to do with JDS. I have seen all of the above. The main issue why Linux+Gnome is faster than Solaris+Gnome, comes down to the fact that Gnome is developed on Linux. Therefore Linux specific bugs get fixed much quicker. There is a simple test I have come up with, which shows there is some memory leakage. If you startup gnome, browse to http://research.sun.com:8080/SnappRadio/RadioParadise.html. Let the slideshow go for an hour or 2. You will see firefox uses memory up to a point. Xorg, keeps on going and going. You exit firefox, and Xorg does not return the memory. Try the same thing with opera, and everything behaves normally. I haven't had time to file a bug, or have a closer look, but there is a problem somewhere. Though I would not blame JDS for this. Doug > > Sure, this is soooo subjective. Let's ignore these > problems and add > more colorful branding to JDS. > > Josh > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
