Desktop memory usage

On Sunday 10 September 2006 15:43, Lubos Lunak wrote:
>  I finally found some time to put together something
that I had measured
> already quite a while ago. And I think the results are
interesting. But
> before I post this somewhere publically I'd appreciate
if somebody could at
> least quickly check it. I'd hate to see this trashed
by people just because
> of some silly stupid mistake that I've managed to
overlook. It still needs
> some final polishing but otherwise I right now consider
it complete, so in
> case you see something wrong, missing or not clear with
it, please tell me.

Very interesting read!

Some notes:

* The two sentences "All basic tests that follow are
measured against this
   number unless explicitly stated otherwise" are
easily overlooked,
   especially the second one where you switch reference
platform. Perhaps use
   CAPS and/or put them between *** asterisks *** ?

* For the WindowMaker editor, like Alex said, xemacs, or
gvim compiled against
   xlib (the 'g' in gvim is not 'gtk', but 'gui', and
it doesn't require Gtk).
   For the file manager, indeed Midnight Commander like Alex
mentioned.

* The alignment of the numbers in several tables seems
broken, even with a
   fixed font. You may want to look at this.

* Isn't a more realistic setup to use the KMix application
rather than the
   applet? The applet might need less memory, but eats way
too much screen
   space and is way too complex for people who only need a
simple volume
   control, so I guess it's out for most people. AFAIK the
default is the
   systray app, so replacing it with the applet is a bit of
tweaking for the
   happy few who know about it. (Read: this sounds like
cheating.)

* Be careful with the sentence "Interestingly enough
using Epiphany in KDE
   needs more memory than Firefox" -- so does using
Konqueror in GNOME.
   In general it's expensive to use apps from the 'other'
desktop, regardless
   of which desktop is the host and which is the guest

* While KOffice is certainly a lot less resource hungry it
is also not capable
   enough yet for most people. Judging by KOffice's pace of
development it's a
   good look at the future, but not something you should
stress right now in
   your conclusion. KDE + OOo is still 30 Mb lighter than
GNOME and only 20 Mb
   heavier than Xfce and much more realistic.

Apart from this, thanks for the hard work!

-- 
Martijn
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