Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks

date posted 13th January 2004 17:02

On Tuesday 13 Jan 2004 5:24 pm, Liam Proven wrote:

> A lightweight WM kinda blows the direct-replacement-for-Windows
> requirement out of the water, though, doesn't it? It's KDE or GNOME or
> nothing, really. Fvwm95 is NOT going to cut the mustard and neither is
> XPde.

IceWM on this box here. Still got the task bar and stuff, and not too sl=
ow.

> > It's not like Windows, is it? Is the kernel slower than it was five
> > years ago?
>
> Well, *yes, it is,* inasmuch as it's MUCH bigger and has higher RAM
> requirements and so on.

So what is it doing with all those extra CPU cycles you say it's consumin=
g?

> > Is X slower than it was five years ago?
>
> No, not directly, but two things:
> - firstly, XFree86 4 drops accelerated support for lots of older graphi=
cs
> cards that were accelerated under XFree86 3.
> - secondly, modern GUI themes use things like solid-dragging, alpha-
> blending of icons and labels, stuff like that. That makes the GUI a LOT
> slower and requires both a powerful CPU and a powerful graphics card.

So, choose XFree86 3 when you install (IIRC Fedora, Mandrake still let
you do that) and secondly, turn the stupid eye candy off.

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