From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: GPS doesn't work in GNAT GPL
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:21:17 +0200
Date: 2012-09-19T10:21:17+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sajr8lli45dq$.1vu9rdqwl356s$.dlg@40tude.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: acae373e-1f72-4ca8-89cb-56bae8fa529c@googlegroups.com
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:10:21 -0700 (PDT), Ada novice wrote:
> Explaining
> the problem to a person who knows Linux, I was told to use Fedora instead
> but Fedora is really very slow in the virtual box!
Maybe he meant Gnome 3 vs. that strange thing Debian comes with by default.
It is rumors. In fact Fedora is slightly quicker than Debian even with
Gnome 3. Though the difference is marginal. Fedora is more comfortable to
use and maintain than Debian. Aptitude is an abomination (do not tell that
any Debian guy! (:-)) But Fedora lacks the level of Ada support Debian
enjoys. In particular there is no packaged GPS, AFAIK.
Probably he compared a 64-bit Fedora vs. 32-bit Debian. That does make
difference! 64-bit is sufficiently slower than 32-bit, up to 30%, depending
on the application.
But the graphical framework is irrelevant anyway. Linux is desktop system
agnostic. There are dozens if not hundreds of desktop environments, beyond
Gnome and KDE.
>>And if you are using guest graphics then do it in the
>> steamless mode rather than in the windowed one.
>
> I do not understand what you are talking here.
Seamless mode is when the guest shares the desktop with the host. In the
windowed mode guest's GPS will have a window in window (together with all
other Debian stuff). In the seamless mode GPS's window will float on the
desktop as if it were a native Windows program. An X11 server would be the
final step in that direction. Under X11 server the GPS running on the guest
would be managed by the Windows window manager.
--
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-21 1:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-15 5:45 GPS doesn't work in GNAT GPL Ada novice
2012-09-15 8:47 ` Brian Drummond
2012-09-15 9:53 ` Ada novice
2012-09-17 5:28 ` Ada novice
2012-09-17 6:10 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-09-17 7:14 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-09-18 6:39 ` Ada novice
2012-09-18 7:41 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-09-19 1:39 ` Stephen Leake
2012-09-19 7:03 ` Ada novice
2012-09-18 7:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-09-19 7:10 ` Ada novice
2012-09-19 8:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2012-09-20 21:15 ` björn lundin
2012-09-23 12:58 ` Ada novice
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