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SubjectRe: AMIGA will use Linux, but Linux has several (fwd)
Bill Huey wrote:
> Dave Cinege:
> > That is lack of widget toolkit, application, and (somewhat) kernel threading.
> > It has little to do with X Windows API, or that it's C++.
>
> Well, it may not *exactly* be the API, but it is certainly how redraw events
> are handled.
>
> Defering and delaying event redraws during a window move or resize is super
> useful in making the BeOS *much* more snappy/responsive than X/GNOME/KDE.

Have you tried other WMs? GNOME /w E , and KDE are like molasses
anyway.
I tried KDE, and GNOME w/ E on a Sparc20/71 under Solaris and it was
just as
bad as on a x86 under Linux. If you want speed, try the lighter WM's.

> I was hoping that my modifications to Enlightenment would help with releasing
> X locks, but it's looking like I'll have to actually dig into the X libraries
> themselves. We'll see...

E is doing too many things to be very responsive. Which redraws are
you wanting
to delay? Example, in E turn off all the fancy stuff (Like sliding
windows and
tool-tips) and set the resize and move methods to box, and it picks-up
a lot.

-Thomas

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