The problem wasn't just that Rev 3.0 was slower on Linux. It was also crashing daily and freezing regularly.
I pointed out in one bug report that Rev would routinely freeze using chatRev. It would happen on both Ubuntu and my (Fedora-based) Linux netbook (see the screenshots attached to http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/attachment.cgi?id=1548) . Björnke also included at least one serious bug report concerning chatRev. ChatRev is not a particularly complicated piece of Rev software, and one would think that such a simple Rev application which has been in daily use for several years on Windows and Mac would also work on Linux. If it does not, then there are serious problems with Rev on Linux. On might also assume that if Runrev were seriously interested in the performance of Rev on Linux that they would try to work out what was happening with ChatRev. It appears from his comments on his bug report that Björnke gave up trying to run Rev on Linux. I brought up these issues on the other list around the time of Rev 3.0's release. Those who are committed to using Rev on Linux have had to accept that Rev on Linux is much inferior to Rev on Windows and OS X. Indeed, in my experience Rev on Linux is worse than most free software. One must just assume that until Linux has a higher priority for Runrev the situation is going to remain the same. I would prefer that Runrev concentrate their energy on providing a true cross-platform client development environment rather than try to compete with the multitude of server-side scripting languages, but it seems clear from the enthusiasm with which On-Rev was greeted, that I am in a minority. Many features found in the OS X and Windows versions of Rev have been missing in the Linux version for years, and there is no sign of them ever appearing (revBrowser, recording, QT stuff, speech stuff,revFont). I do realise that the QT features are only available incidentally on Windows, but in my opinion that puts the onus on Runrev to make sure the other missing features are provided. Other features that are provided with Rev on Linux (e.g. SSL, printing) are badly broken or don't work. Welcome to the Revolution! Bernard On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ken Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow... that's really hard to hear... > > I've chimed in on a couple of the reports at the RQCC... I *really* need to > come up with a solution; was 2.6.1 (the last version for Linux before 3.0 I > believe) faster/usable? > > > Ken Ray _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
