[Gllug] Transparent Terminal

[Ashley Evans]

On Monday 06 December 2004 11:59, Tethys wrote:
> But whatever the memory usage, you simply can't disguise the
> fact that konsole and gnome-terminal are very slow.

Come off it, you're comparing things like xterm vs Konsole. This is *clearly* 
a horses for courses situation.

There's no need to use a disparaging tone to dismiss something that you don't 
use.  It's so clearly obvious that the likes of Konsole have a larger code 
overhead that in many tests they will be slower.  But is anybody really 
saying that you should stop using xterm or similar just because there's a 
"better" terminal around? Just use whatever you like! (with some possible 
exception. closed source, for example)

Konsole and the like are not /perceivably/ slower than the more lightweight 
terms IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THE REQUIRED LIBS LOADED.  This is surely the crux 
of the matter.  If you have the libs loaded, why not use a term that take 
advantage.

I'm very surprised that somebody who clearly has as much IT experience as 
yourself can have what seems to be a very narrow view on bulkier desktop 
software.  I'm tempted to go as far as saying your opinions sound elitist.

Cycle for cycle, I'm sure konsole is slower, it *must* be, for plainly obvious 
reasons.  In many cases, I don't care.

I'm happy that you're happy with your choice of operating environment but 
please don't bitch about mine.

Ashley
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