Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] The fastest desktop environment?
From: DeMeo, William (WDeMeo_AT_SYSTEMS.TEXTRON.com)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 23:25:11 EET
"David Gerard Matthews Jr." wrote:
>
> I run a really stripped-down Blackbox when doing audio work. For
> general tasks (websurfing, etc.) I usually use Gnome, but as you pointed
> out, it's way too bloated for audio (and KDE is even worse). Some people
> also like XFCE or IceWM.
> -dgm
Could someone please elaborate on why KDE is too bloated for audio. I'm
using KDE with 256MB and two 400 MHz processors and X averages about 10%
of system memory and about 1% of CPU usage. For "real-time" audio apps,
I would think the main issue would be appropriate use of OS facilities
(e.g. scheduling, interrupts, etc.), and I don't see how downgrading
your window manager will do anything more than make available a few more
megs and clock cycles.
I suppose if you're really doing real-time programming and don't want to
have as many low priority tasks to worry about, of course it's easier to
have a light-weight window manager, or better, no window manager, but
are there other significant advantages?
Please inform...
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