[PD] linux - faster load first time

[Chris McCormick]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 12:51:32PM -0400, Kevin McCoy wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kevin McCoy <km.takewithyou at gmail.com>
> Date: Oct 4, 2007 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [PD] linux - faster load first time
> To: Andy Farnell <padawan12 at obiwannabe.co.uk>
> 
>  I use fluxbox WM, no hassle, no fancy bollocks. It's just
> > X with some coloured window bars and a program launcher menu.
> 
> I should have mentioned that I use the same, I love fb but the programs are
> still slow to start - problems must be elsewhere.  I ended up liking xterm
> better because it is so speedy but I am still interested in finding out
> more.
> 
> People always say you shouldn't have to reinstall linux to maintain it so I
> would love to hear about possible remedies..

I know that whenever a Gnome based program is launched under a lighter
window manager like fluxbox, all kinds of weird background stuff happens
like the launch of gconfd (I guess so they can emulate the cpu-hogginess
and bugginess of the windows registry). Any one of those many activities
could be causing troubles.

I have not experienced the slowdown in Pd launch time myself. You can
get a better idea of what might be slowing it down by doing an strace
and looking for places where it blocks.

Best,

Chris.

PS for people who want a nice middle ground between fluxbox's
minimalism and gnome/kde's user friendly funcitonality, xfce4 comes
highly recommended. It's very light, very fast, and very configurable
(through menus, not text files).

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