[plug] Gnome + Enlightenment + X Windows

[Oliver White]

Enlightenment is the biggest resourse hog amongst window managers.

Phillip Summers wrote:

> I was wondering what people thought about Gnome.
>
> I can see that Linux has many advantages over Windows but its weakest point
> seems to be the GUI. In particular the fact that you need three layers of
> software to run a GUI i.e. Gnome + Enlightenment + X Server. This seems to
> place a huge load on the host machine. In comparison, Windows 3.1 had a full
> integrated GUI and used far less resources. I would even say that W98 was
> more resource friendly than this combo.
>
> The way I see it, before linux become viable for desktop use, someone will
> have to combine these three technologies into a single compact efficient
> package.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
> Regards Phil