From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DATE_IN_PAST_24_48, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,4201333ce83cfb73 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.180.95.2 with SMTP id dg2mr71756wib.2.1348190012425; Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:13:32 -0700 (PDT) Path: ed8ni3498083wib.0!nntp.google.com!feeder2.cambriumusenet.nl!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feeder3.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!85.12.40.131.MISMATCH!xlned.com!feeder3.xlned.com!news.astraweb.com!border5.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GPS doesn't work in GNAT GPL Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:21:17 +0200 Organization: cbb software GmbH Message-ID: References: <3123d892-e560-415e-8b04-73ab62decb88@googlegroups.com> <84e37fe9-2b84-408d-bbb6-882879a02126@googlegroups.com> <14f1uqjns4120.1w2yiqcl0oobh.dlg@40tude.net> <901ee653-b36f-4641-a935-297c4091820b@googlegroups.com> <19riicfsm2obc$.1a2854ak3sjck$.dlg@40tude.net> Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: FbOMkhMtVLVmu7IwBnt1tw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 2012-09-19T10:21:17+02:00 List-Id: 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