On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Rob OpenSuSE <rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com> wrote:
Damn Small....). However, my 9600 with a G4/700 and 1GB shouldn't be slower than my Dell Dual Xeon 500Mhz with 512MB.
Really? I would say it would just nip it. The G4 is a wonderful chip but it's not a server-class SMP system.
workhorses seem to be getting left behind by the major distros because of all the new "features" being added like the glitz and search tools and stuff.
I don't think the glitz OR search tools are too much of a problem. The disk activity goes up, and use some CPU time, and when that's ocurring it's usually during an idle spot. It has some implications for power management - I'm not sure indexing stops when a system is on batteries - what I object to is stuff like Beagle, which is an absolute monster. C# apps take up way too much memory and ran far slower on PowerPC than I would have expected from the fact that Mono has an officially supported runtime. The soaking up memory part is the main point though; having search tools pushing memory usage so much is really infuritating. Especially since absolutely none of them are as good as Google Desktop (to be fair, I didn't install Google Desktop for Linux yet because I don't actually have an x86 Linux box with a desktop to install it to. Even if I did though would I get the same integration into the GNOME menu etc.? Whatever happened to Strigi? That was supposed to be the saving grace of desktop-independent searches. KDE includes it by default now because it needs it.. but I still got Beagle for my troubles. I also thought I saw Strigi was in the plan for 11.1, but I didn't see any reasons why it never got there. Not enough features? I know Novell sponsors Mono, but really.. Beagle sucks.
Search tools should NOT be enabled by default. I work at a computer shop, and I am constantly removing google search and all the others because they get install and NEVER used, and they slow the computers down.
Do you ask your customers before you do this? I use Google Desktop all the time, in fact I'd not know what to do without it. I make sure all my systems are reporting to my Google account, so when I search, it tells me which machine it's actually on.. I'd be more than pissed off if you removed it from MY computer. -- Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com> Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org