From: Ray Seyfarth (seyfarth@whale.st.usm.edu)
Date: 05/31/93 

From: seyfarth@whale.st.usm.edu (Ray Seyfarth)
Subject: PEX Performance
Date: 31 May 1993 19:34:22 GMT

We are considering using Linux with PEX for graphics classes.
The Xfree86 FAQ says the PEX software has poor performance.
However we expect student projects to be fairly small.

There are a few questions:

1. Will installing PEX impact X11 performace if no PEX applications
    are running? Specifically how much memory would be needed by PEX
    and does it consume CPU time while idle?

2. Does PEX produce reasonable output under Linux? The CPU time
    should not matter much.

3. Does a 66MHz 486 system with 8 MB RAM and 200 MB disk sound
    reasonable for running PEX on Linux?

Thanks,

Ray Seyfarth 

-- 
Ray Seyfarth                    University of Southern Mississippi
seyfarth@whale.st.usm.edu       (601)266-4859