nanogui: Ok, I am new to the list and have a couple of questions..
Subject:
Re: Ok, I am new to the list and have a couple of questions..
From:
Alex Holden ####@####.####
Date:
7 Sep 1999 20:07:20 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9909072104210.16279-100000@www.linuxhacker.org>
On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, z00p wrote:
> 1) I have a laptop that has only 16mb RAM. IT will run X, but spends
> most fo the time swapping stuff out and the performance just plain
> sucks. I am wondering if the nano-gui x server will support the neomagic
> video cards in laptops.
If you can get a Linux framebuffer driver working on it, it should work.
> 2) how much of a performance increase will I see? Anyone compiled any
> #'s or have any to share?
Nano-X isn't a replacement for X in the sense that you can run X programs
on it; you will need to port anything you want to run to it. Also, at the
current time, it isn't at a stage where porting normal X programs to it
will be at all easy due to the lack of a widget set or window manager.
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