Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261539AbVETSbD (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 14:31:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261541AbVETSbC (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 14:31:02 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:37851 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261539AbVETSas (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 14:30:48 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] how do we move the VM forward? (was Re: [RFC] cleanup ofuse-once) From: Lee Revell To: Herbert Poetzl Cc: David Lang , Nick Piggin , Rik van Riel , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050520181606.GB6002@MAIL.13thfloor.at> References: <42771904.7020404@yahoo.com.au> <42781AC5.1000201@yahoo.com.au> <20050520181606.GB6002@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 14:30:43 -0400 Message-Id: <1116613844.29740.14.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 970 Lines: 25 On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 20:16 +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > cool, looks like they are taking the MS compatibility > really serious nowadays ... > Um... I don't know when you last used Windows, but most Linux desktop GUI apps are way more bloated than the Windows counterparts. Take a look at some of the Gnome bounties for reducing bloat - some of them are just embarassing. Quick demo: with a recent Gnome, open the file selector dialog, and browse to /usr/bin. The disk goes nuts for 20 seconds before the file list is even displayed. Now hit cancel and try it again. No disk activity this time, but the CPU pegs for 7-8 seconds before the files are displayed. Now try the same on Windows. It's instantaneous. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/