On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 17:11, Will Cohen wrote: > What is the set of software in the "Desktop" (executable names and/or > RPM packages)? The default desktop is GNOME + Mozilla + OpenOffice.org + Evolution. gnome-*, evolution, mozilla, ooffice. Fedora Core also includes KDE (most of /usr/bin/k*), Epiphany, XFCE, and other choices. > What specific performance problems have people observed so far in the > desktop? For example heavy CPU or memory usage by particular > applications. Another example long latency between event and resulting > action. Startup/login times are the most visible latencies, but also repaint (during opaque window resize for example, or opening a menu). > What performance tools have people used so far to identify performance > problems with desktop applications? speedprof, strace -t, memprof, printf-with-clock()/gettimeofday(), Soeren's kernel module. Havoc
