On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Enrico Guastaldi wrote:
Dear list members,
I'm Kubuntu 8.10 + KDE4.1 user, but in other "older" kubuntu (8.04 + KDE3.5)
machine it happens the same strange think.
The performance of R graphic window under Linux are very poor compared with
MS WIndows, even if MS Windows is working under a Virtual machine: R under
Linux is more time consuming in performing a graphic plot.
In terms of time, R under Linux needs almost 10 seconds in order to
construct the attached graph, the result of this code:
pairs(USJudgeRatings)
while R under MS Windows requires less than 1 second!
Moreover, the graphic result is very poor, if I compare the resolution of
two graphic windows (see attached file, Linux ont he left, and Windows on
the right: the latter is really much better!!!)
What I'm doing wrong? Or, what is wrong in X configuration of our Linux
computers?
Probably wrongly configured. Note that the timing for x11(type="Xlib") is
comparable with Windows, see capabilities() to see if you have "cairo"
built. If it is built, it will be used, because it gives graphics output
what is (more) device independent (looks the same on different devices),
but may take longer. If I remember correctly, it also needs some pango
packages, and things like font placings may depend on that.
This question is more appropriate for R-help.
Roger
PS. your attached figures did not get through - R mailing list sites have
an explicit policy on attachments, set out in the posting guide at:
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Your HTML-formatted version was discarded - see the instructions to see
how to make your mail client only send plain text. If you had attached a
PNG graphics file, it would (probably) have got through.
Remeber that R in MS Windows under virtual machine is 10 times faster!
Any suggetions?
Thanks,
--
Roger Bivand
Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of
Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen,
Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43
e-mail: [email protected]
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