On Wednesday 21 February 2007 21:30, Carlos E. R. wrote: > The Wednesday 2007-02-21 at 21:06 -0600, Rajko M. wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 February 2007 01:24, John Andersen wrote: > > > I've often wondered, but never took any measures to find out, what the > > > memory use implications of many many desktops was? > > > > > > Assuming minimal wallpaper (or none), is it more efficient to use > > > more desktops or more apps on fewer desktops? > > > > Every window has to be backed up for the time you don't see it. > > So, it depends how large are windows is there any gain if you have lesser > > desktops and more windows per desktop. > > They are not backed, they are fully redrawn. I mean, applications in the > "other" workspace do not use image memory, they are "out of display" or > something. I know, or I guess, because if you have an application that > takes a long time to redraw, like OOo, and you jump to its workspace, you > see it blank and then it starts to redraw. The other method, giving it a > virtual display, would use more resources and memory, but jumping would be > way faster. > > At least, that's how they behave in gnome. > > -- > Cheers, > Carlos E. R.
They use some memory anyway :-) It seems that it depends on available graphic memory. With 256 MB card switch between desktops is instantenuous without redrawing. The older with 4 MB is showing what you described. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
