On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Henning Larsen <hennlar@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 09:55 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 17:33 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > max wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > How much and what kind of impact does running a KDE app in Gnome > > > > actually have? > > > > > > You end up loading essentially duplicate libraries into ram for > > > functionality that should be in a shared library, so you take the hit of > > > extra disk space, extra time to load, and extra RAM use for everything > > > that doesn't use a common toolkit. > > > > > > -- > > > Les Mikesell > > > lesmikeell@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > I'll pipe up here and note that shouldn't there be a common toolkit > > across the board then? Make all apps use them same general toolkit and > > one that defines say look and feel? > > > > Then again that may mean that Gnome and Kde lose what they are... Seems > > a bit of a conundrum to me. > > > > Is it important how windows are displayed, or what they can do and how > they do it? I wonder why KDE and Gnome use the same graphics system but > differs in sound. I dont want the os to be like a wc with built in radio > and a toast machine. > > still i love linux I wasn't aware that they used the same graphics system, or do you mean X? -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com )
