Re: X11 and speed
Re: X11 and speed
- Subject: Re: X11 and speed
- From: Sean Ahern <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:29:40 -0700
Amit Gandhi wrote:
> Is there any sense in which running a program on X11 in OSX slows
> things down - that is, does having to first run the X11.app in order to
> run a X11 program add a middle layer
> that does not exist in a pure linux system - I have a very speed
> sensitive application that requires an X11 environment and I am trying
> to figure out whether OSX with X11 is my best choice or just pure linux
I would hazard a guess that X11 on linux is going to give you speed
improvements over X11 on Aqua, all else being equal (which is hard to
do). The reason being that X11.app interfaces with OS X's native window
system, Aqua, to do the required work. Even if Aqua has to do very
little to perform the task that the X11 server requests, it's still
going to be greater than that required by an X11 server on Linux.
However, if you run darwin raw, without Aqua on top, the extra layer is
removed. That would probably give you the best X11 performance.
Let us know what you find!
-Sean
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