From: williams@hp800.lasalle.edu (Billy L. Williams Jr.) Subject: [Q]: How usable is X under Linux for you? Date: 20 Nov 1992 06:13:41 GMT
Hello, fellow Linux users!
I am in the process of considering using X as my environment of
choice, but before I take the plunge and buy my video card, monitor,
and memory (!) necessary to make things usable, I'd like to get some
feedback about how sweet X can be on a 386-40.
Specifically,
- how responsive is X with 4-8 megs ram on a 386-40 (or
thereabouts)? That is, how does it feel in terms of speed in
comparison to, say, X on a SparcStation II, a Macintosh, or Windows
with a similar configuration? (no flames for the comparisons, please!)
- what kind of video card do you have, and how high a resolution
can you achieve with it? Does the acceleration (if any) bring
things up to break-neck speed?
- what advice would you give experienced unix users just beginning
with X?
I do realize that the answers to these questions depend greatly on the
configuration of the machine, but I think some general feedback on
this subject will be useful to many of us considering X. Your
responses are GREATLY appreciated, so please respond if you think it
will help other Linux users.
I will summarize any e-mail I get and post to the net (in timely fashion,
too, I hope!).
Sincerely,
Billy L. Williams, Jr.
williams@lasalle.edu
PS: ObPraise: Many thanks to all those (especially Linus) who helped to
bring this wonderful system to my machine. It's incredible.
-- Billy L. Williams, Jr. williams@lasalle.edu