[linux-audio-user] Re: favorite window Manager for making music?

[Lee Revell]

On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 14:03 -0800, thewade wrote:
> Quoting Carlo Capocasa <capocasa at gmx.net>:
> 
> > XFCE, the shining star among all linux desktops, with audio menu open.
> >
> > http://xthost.info/capocasa/xfce4audio.png
> >
> > Carlo
> >
> 
> How does this do for processing overhead?

The "processing overhead" of one desktop environment vs. another is
negligible on a modern system.  On a correctly set up system with
properly written RT apps the desktop won't be able to interfere with the
RT stuff anyway.

Lee

> I have been using fluxbox on my "performance" machine because it is 
> lightweight but there are some features that I would like to have that 
> don't seem supported in that manager. I use gnome 2.10 on my other 
> machine because there isin't much you can do to make a pentium 700mHz 
> speedy enough to do a lot of realtime processing.
> 
> Lets say your building a machine for live realtime processing 
> performance using PD: what windomanager is lightweight enough to not 
> draw too much CPU power away from the audio apps, yet has a "desktop" 
> and a customizable menubar able to do menus inside of menus?
> 
> fluxbox cant seem to display a "desktop" and iconbox only does icons 
> and isin't really a menu system.
> 
> The gnome screen: http://aproximation.org/transport-screen.jpg
> 
> -thewade
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