On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 12:51:32PM -0400, Kevin McCoy wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin McCoy km.takewithyou@gmail.com Date: Oct 4, 2007 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [PD] linux - faster load first time To: Andy Farnell padawan12@obiwannabe.co.uk
I use fluxbox WM, no hassle, no fancy bollocks. It's just
X with some coloured window bars and a program launcher menu.
I should have mentioned that I use the same, I love fb but the programs are still slow to start - problems must be elsewhere. I ended up liking xterm better because it is so speedy but I am still interested in finding out more.
People always say you shouldn't have to reinstall linux to maintain it so I would love to hear about possible remedies..
I know that whenever a Gnome based program is launched under a lighter window manager like fluxbox, all kinds of weird background stuff happens like the launch of gconfd (I guess so they can emulate the cpu-hogginess and bugginess of the windows registry). Any one of those many activities could be causing troubles.
I have not experienced the slowdown in Pd launch time myself. You can get a better idea of what might be slowing it down by doing an strace and looking for places where it blocks.
Best,
Chris.
PS for people who want a nice middle ground between fluxbox's minimalism and gnome/kde's user friendly funcitonality, xfce4 comes highly recommended. It's very light, very fast, and very configurable (through menus, not text files).