On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, mds wrote:

> > Unless I'm on
> > a hardcore Squeak kick- than I just run Squeak directly on the linux
> > framebuffer- no X11, no KDE/GNOME, no GTK, nothing but Squeak and the
> > videocard, and for web browsing run links with the graphical component
> > compiled in (links -g), which even does tabs!, also displaying on the
> > framebuffer.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Aaron
>
> i always found the performance in fb a lot worse than via X11 ...
> certainly the mouse response was noticably more sluggish.

Really? Not for me. But then again, it's a 380 MHz K6-2 with a Voodoo 3-
not the highest end hardware. I wouldn't surprised if X11 with all the
fixins and fancy drivers is a lot faster than the FB. But on my machine,
the UI is about the same speed, and #tinyBenchmarks even scores a little
higher.

Regards,
Aaron

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>
> regards,
> -Marc
>
>