Gnome vs. X? (was [oclug] can someone explain this?)

[Dave O'Neill]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Tom Goulet wrote:

> X is a memory hog.  XFree86 is about as lean as a tub of butter.

X really isn't as bad as most people think.  Remember, X was designed for
hardware that's nearly antique by today's standards.  The blame for bloat
is more appropriately assigned to the widget sets and "desktop
environments" that abuse the underlying X protocol.

Dave
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