Re: success on 386 (was: Re: Does anybody try to compile...)

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 07:45:35 EST

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> lot faster. Yes, X+Linux is more complex but I think that the real reason
> is that X is portable and written in C: windoze has probably
> assembly-optimized VGA drivers.

X has very optimised video drivers. Thats a good 250K of your X server.
Unrolled loops tuned for old era CPU's like the 386. So no I don't think that
is why. X is just a bit heavier and without the RAM for it your machine
thrashes.

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