* Bruce Richardson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 20 Dec, Tom Gilbert wrote:
> >
> > Urm, if you look more closely at the top output (I presume you used
> > top), you'll see that nearly all the memory used by applets is shared.
> > If you don't understand, or are misinterpretting the output of top,
> > please see http://www.tomgilbert.freeserve.co.uk/tips.html
> >
> > There is a section somewhere near the bottom about how to work out
> > *actual* memory usage from the output of app such as top.
>
> Thanks for the tips but I have read the Linux Kernel book. It doesn't
Oooh. Is it good?
;)
> change the fact that Gnome thrashes my system if I do much with it. I
> know there's a lot more going on that in an equivalent Windows set-up
> but I think my machine has a reasonable spec and resent the bloat that
> slows it to a crawl. Back in WindowMaker and everything is light and
> airy.
Sure. Gnome does use more memory than windowmaker. It is also more
functional. These things are always a tradeoff. Features aren't free
:)
I personally don't use gnome. I use the enlightenment wm with no
"desktop environment", but with all graphics turned to "extra crispy",
all features enabled, and set all caches to max, cos I have loads
of RAM <grin>
I just like people to consider stuff in context. Gnome is actually
pretty light code-wise, but it carries a lot of data. Data is memory
heavy, but you need it for decent functionality. Tradeoff. Banding the
word "bloat" around simply *has* to stop. Its not only a demonstration
of ignorance, it's also just plain *rude*.
:-)
Tom.
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