Squeak/Linux.
Michael Rueger
m.rueger at acm.org
Fri Aug 9 15:36:08 UTC 2002
Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Alan Grimes wrote:
>
>
>>Squeak should _NOT_ use X, as that would be redundant and wasteful.
I wouldn't go that far, but having the option would be nice.
> What could more easily accomplished would be to start Squeak as the *only*
> X application. Possibly drawing right into the root window. X in itself
That really saves a lot of memory and CPU power. But, unless you are
running a 3D application, you can save significantly in terms of
installation and runtime space by not using X at all. A real issue when
you run Squeak on a single board computer :-)
Michael
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