From: Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie>
To: kartikey bhatt <kartik_me@hotmail.com>
Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can't X be elemenated?
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:48:22 +0100 (IST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0309301648110.22571@fogarty.jakma.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <LAW11-F18b4SaFMwr9y00007564@hotmail.com>
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, kartikey bhatt wrote:
> 1st. X is bloat.
This isnt true.
[paul@fogarty paul]$ cat /proc/`pidof X`/status | grep ^Vm
VmSize: 47700 kB
VmLck: 0 kB
VmRSS: 22580 kB
VmData: 25540 kB
VmStk: 72 kB
VmExe: 1488 kB
VmLib: 1580 kB
X is actually quite tiny, ~3MB of exe+lib. The data size is due,
vastly, to the X /clients/ using the server (in the above case RH9
GNOME + windowmaker + xchat2 + galeon + few xterms).
Here's Xipaq (tinyX handheld X server):
~ $ cat /proc/`pidof Xipaq`/status | grep ^Vm
VmSize: 5072 kB
VmLck: 0 kB
VmRSS: 3164 kB
VmData: 1788 kB
VmStk: 16 kB
VmExe: 848 kB
VmLib: 2028 kB
That's Xipaq, exe is smaller, but libs are bigger, balances out to
~3MB again. However, the data segment is much smaller, < 2MB compared
to > 25MB for the desktop case. The handheld runs the GPE
(http://gpe.handhelds.org) environment.
So perhaps you could come to the conclusion that 'X' (in the X server
sense) is not bloat, but that the /clients/ on modern desktops are?
> Though it's good for server environments. For desktop pcs it's too
> heavy.
You are misinformed. See above.
> 2nd. It's process based client/server architecture is a bottleneck.
Why do you think so? For large amounts of data, X clients can use
shared memory. Further, even if they must transfer data (ie
pixmaps/pics) across the socket connection, the X server can cache
it, and the client can use it by reference. (ie a once off cost).
Also, local X clients use unix sockets - blazingly fast.
> It's not as interactive as is supposed to be.
Have you tried 2.6.0-test6? The interactivity problems were the
kernel's fault more than that of 'X'.
> 3rd. Most important. I can't impress or convince my
> window(crash)(TM) user friends, relatives (who saw X running on my
> pc) to use Linux.
You wont impress /anyone/ with "just X" (ie just the X server) -
cause all you'll get is a tiled background of tiny X logos and an X
mouse pointer.
> 4th. I want to see desktop being ruled by Linux.
"X" isnt the obstacle.
To be able to constructively criticise something you first need to
/understand/ it. You dont.
Most of you what you complain about, bloat and heavyness, is due to
the desktop environment - not X itself. Try running GPE
(http://gpe.handhelds.org) or (easier/actually practical too for a
desktop) Xfce (http://www.xfce.org)
Finally, this isnt a kernel problem.
regards,
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-30 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-29 14:44 Can't X be elemenated? kartikey bhatt
2003-09-29 14:51 ` Leonard Milcin Jr.
2003-09-29 15:05 ` Gábor Lénárt
2003-09-29 15:10 ` Erik Hensema
2003-09-29 15:11 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-09-29 20:56 ` George France
2003-09-29 21:04 ` Erik Bourget
2003-09-29 21:16 ` Erik Steffl
2003-09-29 21:11 ` Diego Calleja García
2003-09-29 22:30 ` bill davidsen
2003-09-30 8:18 ` [OT ]Re: " Helge Hafting
2003-09-30 18:48 ` Paul Jakma [this message]
2003-09-30 19:30 ` Krishna Akella
2003-09-30 20:21 ` David Lang
2003-09-30 20:46 ` Krishna Akella
2003-09-30 20:45 ` David Lang
2003-10-07 4:04 ` Pavel Machek
2003-10-07 8:23 ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2003-10-07 12:18 ` Pavel Machek
2003-10-07 12:46 ` [OT] " Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2003-10-07 12:52 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-10-07 14:34 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-10-07 14:47 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-10-07 15:37 ` Pavel Machek
2003-10-07 19:07 ` David Lang
2003-10-07 19:16 ` Pavel Machek
2003-10-07 20:09 ` jlnance
2003-10-07 18:52 ` David Lang
2003-09-30 21:51 ` J.A. Magallon
2003-10-01 14:54 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-10-01 8:27 ` John Bradford
2003-09-29 19:45 kartikey bhatt
2003-09-30 8:09 kartikey bhatt
2003-09-30 9:25 ` Matti Aarnio
2003-09-30 9:54 ` Paul Rolland
2003-09-30 13:34 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-09-30 17:50 kartikey bhatt
2003-10-01 4:32 kartikey bhatt
2003-10-01 5:00 ` Tupshin Harper
2003-10-01 15:12 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-10-01 18:27 ` Tomasz Rola
2003-10-02 8:57 ` Helge Hafting
2003-10-02 18:18 ` Herbert Poetzl
2003-10-03 14:30 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-10-02 18:37 ` Erik Steffl
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2003-10-01 8:19 ` Ihar 'Philips' Filipau
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