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On 20 January 2007 20:23, Vlad Dogaru wrote: |
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> On 1/20/07, Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote: |
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> > One good thing (among others) of using a real desktop environment is that |
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> > all apps share the vast majority of libraries which are loaded into |
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> > memory just once. When you mix environments or use an eclectic |
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> > collection of unrelated apps, they all draw in different libraries and |
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> > memory usage goes up. |
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> With this in mind, would running a (few) GTK apps on KDE make a large |
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> difference? For instance, I am quite fond of Gaim, and even if I were |
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> to try KDE, I wouldn't want to give it up (though I heard Kopette is |
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> comparably capable). |
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If one is short of ram, it makes a difference, though GTK isn't much of a |
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problem. If you run one single GNOME app under KDE, it pulls in a lot of |
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GNOME libraries - and vice versa. |
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Ue |
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A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE: |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na/iwy-1.0.tar.bz2 |
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Proof of concept of a TSP solver for KDE: |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na/epat-0.1.tar.bz2 |
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