On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 06:21:31PM -0400, Manu Hack wrote: > On 9/27/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > its probably got more to do with memory *use* than management. By that > > I mean, you may end up wasting memory by using kde apps within a > > different wm. The kde apps will load up whole bunches of kde libs in > > order to function in addition to the libs used by whatever wm you're > > using. You haven't said what your 10-15 windows are doing, so I'm only > > guessing. Also, it what ways does kde perform better than windowmaker? > > is it in overall response of the system? screen drawing? window > > dragging? just switching from one app to another within the same > > workspace? > > More windows are pretty standard, like gaim, iceweasel, icedove, > xchat, amule, etc. The thing happened is that whenever I need to move > to a workspace with more than 3 windows already there, it takes > seconds to "reload"
that sounds like either you're swapping or some problem with X itself. Again, watch top and see what process is spiking during that time and maybe you can narrow it down. > and always give me a window on top which is not > previous on the top. that's a WM problem for sure. A
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