Sooo...  X eats up more resources on one OS than the other?

-mj



Matthew S. Hallacy wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 01:31:04PM -0600, Joe Dunsmore wrote:
> 
>>with linux.  I've also heard that freebsd is faster on the desktop than 
>>linux.
> 
> 
> As with anything, the less you support, the faster it will be. A typical
> RH9 X install with KDE is supporting true type fonts, transparent menus,
> APM, greatly enhanced video card support with opengl support, resolution
> changes on the fly, i18n support, etc.
> 
> If you really want to know why, take a look at the software you're running
> on a linux graphical desktop and compare the current version with the version
> from 3-4 years ago.
> 
> As for freebsd on the desktop, it's a joke, and even the freebsd zealots
> will tell you that. freebsd is a workhorse.
> 


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