[mythtv-users] Ratpoison overscan

Grant Edwards grante at visi.com
Wed Jun 9 13:56:03 EDT 2004


On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 01:22:25PM -0400, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:

> Gnome, KDE, XFCE4 = Desktop environments (can be configured to use 
> bundled or 3rd-party window managers)

[...]

> A "desktop environment" is a collection of programs/subsystems that 
> provide a more integrated desktop experience than simply a collection 
> of separate programs.  If you're planning on running a dedicated Myth 
> box (i.e., output to your TV only), then this is probably not what you 
> want.

Apart from being generally superfluous for a single-function
machine, some of the desktops (KDE and Gnome, in particular)
suck up HUGE amounts of RAM, CPU time, and disk space.  XFCE4
claims to be more lightweight, but I've never tried it...

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante at visi.com


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