--- KLEIN Stéphane <klein.stephane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I use Ubuntu system. I've showed gnome and Gimp to one friend. This friend > use MS Windows since always. > > He say : "I dislike Linux, Ubuntu, Gnome, Gimp ... because the GUI display > scintillate. This also for Gimp MS Windows version". > > He say : "First, I see the window draw, next the background draw of > button...". On the contrary, MS Windows application display all widget in > one step." > > I don't know if you understand my subject. > > My question : is there double buffering render in GTK ? If yes, why my > friend think than Windows display is faster than GTK and other widget > toolkit ? If not, why that ? > > Thanks for your response. > --Stéphane > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > For startes, Windows graphics system is not network-aware, unlike X. This makes it necessary to use VNC, RDP and friends to access remote desktop on Windows, but makes graphics system faster when local access is in place. With X you have built-in network accessibility, but, as far as I know, it's one of the factors making it slower. OpenGL should provide fast X graphics. --Sergei. Applications From Scratch: http://appsfromscratch.berlios.de/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
