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Subject: Re: RSDL v0.31
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Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:47:43 +0100
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On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 07:17 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 23:55 +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
> 
> > Mike, I'm not saying RSDL is perfect, but v0.31 is by far better than 
> > mainline.  Try this easy test:
> > 
> > startx with the vesa driver
> > run reflect from the mesa5.0-demos
> > load 5 cpu-hogs
> > start moving the mouse
> > 
> > On my desktop, mainline completely breaks down, and no nicing may rescue.
> 
> (hmm.. i would think that _renicing_ X would help that)
> 
> > On RSDL, even without nicing, the desktop is at least useable.
> 
> So neither does a good job with this load.
that sorely depends on what you mean by good job.

It seems like what you call a good job is preserving the speed of the
gui(X + apps which uses it) at _ALL_ costs to other stuff.

> 
> 	-Mike
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