Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 15/05/13 09:02, Yamaban escribió:
Word of warning: Until you PROVE that E17 runs as fast and lean as LXDE on OLD (pentium1, 512mb) hardware, such a statement will get you scrores of enemies.
That is non-sense, I strongly object that we spend any sleep or human resources attempting to cater to the "pentium 1 , 512 mb" use-case. A phone probably has more computing power than that these days.
You don't understand the implications of that statement -- IT is not that it can run well on a [sic?] pentium 1? (rats ass) ...etc, but that it will run in a fraction of the resources as any other .. If you have a heavily loaded machine or a server and you want lightweight pieces that are just a notable bit better than xterm, this fits the bill. Another use case -- remote access where lightweight communications (not eyecandy as E17 has more of), can really make or break usability. I wouldn't be adverse to seeing E17 -- but I was part serious when I said let it compete and take the place of one of the big desktops -- ONLY on the 'demo' CD -- you'd get alot more bang for your buck if you eliminated one of those, but eliminating the low-resource/fastest one you will be changing people's perceptions of OpenSuse as not being "as able" to support the low end. A common themed death knell among computer manufacturers was the retreat to the high end where they could get away with higher margins and more waste. I don't see that it would be that different in the open-linux environment... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org