02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series]
i7-820QM 8GB-DDR3 On 10/15/2012 02:23 PM, walt wrote: > On 10/15/2012 12:24 AM, mindrunner wrote: > >> Ive had soo many problem with gnome 3 (mainly performance), so i >> switched to lxde. > > The performance penalty can be due to old video hardware because > both gnome-shell and cinnamon use video compositing for silly and > unnecessary stuff like transparent windows. > > In fact, I blame all the new problems with both gnome3 and kde4 > on video compositing. All the whiz-bang kids doing desktop > development are determined to use compositing anywhere they can > possibly use it, even if it's silly. Just my grouchy old opinion, > of course. > > > >
