| From: Chris Aitken via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | owner@owner-HP-Compaq-8000-Elite-CMT-PC:~$ free -h
Which model of HP-Compaq-8000-Elite computer is this? What's the processor? Do you have a video card? The GPU built into old Intel processors is not really great for gnome. My superstitious understanding is: - gnome's compositor uses 3d graphics primitives. - the i915(?) video driver emulates them in software. - the result is quite sluggish I'm not sure of this -- I haven't needed to know. All this is needlessly wasteful. If you don't need gnome, consider running a different desktop. Unfortunately, KDE is no better. A new video card could solve this, but they are unreasonably expensive these days, especially when you are upgradding an old machine. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
