[LUAU] Intel Doubles Down on Linux

[Jim Thompson]

On Jul 27, 2005, at 1:07 AM, Jimen Ching wrote:


> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Eric Hattemer wrote:
>
>
>> What I'd say sucks more than applications, more than vague issues  
>> with
>> low level protocol stuff and how XYZ is missing, is that X11 seems
>> slow.  Really slow.
>>
>>
>
> *Groan*
>
> I've seen these complaint threads a thousand times.  And those threads
> usually mention just as many causes for the slowness.  My  
> recommendation
> is to do a search on google to see if someone else has the same  
> problem.
>
> In many cases (not all cases), the cause isn't the X server, or the X
> protocol, or even the video card.  And before Jim responds with a  
> 50 page
> lecture of X performance; yes I am aware of cases where some  
> operations in
> the X server are slow, and the X protocol may be part of the problem.
>

50 pages?  Thats my writing assignment?  *Groan*!  :-)

Turns out, Mr. Packard has already written it. http://keithp.com/ 
~keithp/talks/usenix2003/html/net.html

This is a nice summary of whats up in the world of X11: http:// 
www.alkemio.org/wordpress/x-terminology/

jim