[mythtv-users] NOX11

[Dale Pontius]

Dan Wilga wrote:
> I suspect the OP's question was intended to ask whether MFE could be run
> in *nix, only without a window manager. I recall that it used to work in
> framebuffer mode, years ago, but support for that has been dropped.
> 
> If the goal is to save memory and CPU cycles by having a minimal
> footprint, I know many people use lightweight window managers like
> ratpoison for this reason.

Just a side comment on sticking with X11...

Multi-cores are almost everywhere these days, of course except for MY
older systems.  But on my newest machine, I notice that working through
X11 can give a sort of natural division of labor between the calling
task and X11 itself.  You're able to make some effective use of both
cores, and less likely to get into in a situation where one core is
nearly idle and the other core is pushing as hard as it can, and still
not fast enough.

Dale Pontius