Re: [TCLUG:18197] Helix relationship to GNOME

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Ben Lutgens wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 06:54:01AM -0500, Clay Fandre wrote:
> >
> >Yes, it is Gnome CVS, but it is tested to be semi-stable. If anyone has
> >ever compiled gnome from cvs they know that it can be really unstable at
> >times. (As with any software being developed via cvs.) As for
> >helixgnome, I haven't had it crash yet.
> >
> No, it's really stable. But also kinda bloated. THere are times when it takes
> a dialog-box 8 seconds to draw in. During this time my cpy usage hits 100%.
> It's the wierdest thing. And this is no slouch of a computer (PIII800, 256
> PCI150 Ram, Asus P3V4X Moterboard, G400, UDMA 66 drives and controllers etc) I
> have noticed the problem diminish quite a bit with kernel 2.4-test 1 though.
> Which also seems to have fixed many of the memory handling issues.

I have not seen any of these problem, and I'm on a Celeron-400. I'm
wondering if your problem is specific to some of your hardware and the
pre2.4 kernels. I'd try it with a stable kernel for a while and see if
you still have the same performance problems with helixgnome.

-- 
Clay Fandre
Twin Cities Linux Users Group
http://www.mn-linux.org