>>My X server generally uses around 96M according >>to top. But that is just fine with me as I have >>3 times that left to work with in addition.
This is (from what I've heard) because X adds the total amount of video RAM on your graphics card to the amount of memory that 'top' says the X process uses.
My fonts became worse too. With XF86 3.3.6 I used xfstt, but it rendered TrueType fonts much worse than Windows. Now with 4.0, the xfs server that came along seems to render the fonts themselves very fine, only problem is that they are way too small, about 3 sizes smaller than in Windows.
People forget that adding an old Voodoo 1/2 card to your system has not only advantages. Since you have to use a pass-through cable, the picture quality will get worse in high resolutions due to the longer signal path. Monitor switches aren't a good solution either; they too affect image sharpness.:-(
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>>My X server generally uses around 96M according
>>to top. But that is just fine with me as I have
>>3 times that left to work with in addition.
This is (from what I've heard) because X adds the total amount of video RAM on your graphics card to the amount of memory that 'top' says the X process uses.
My fonts became worse too. With XF86 3.3.6 I used xfstt, but it rendered TrueType fonts much worse than Windows. Now with 4.0, the xfs server that came along seems to render the fonts themselves very fine, only problem is that they are way too small, about 3 sizes smaller than in Windows.
:-(
I did a little comparison. Check out the picture at http://t-rod.rsn.hk-r.se/fonts.gif -- and see for yourselves.
Since the fonts get so small, I cannot use xfs practically. There seems to be nothing in the docs about this, either.
Any feedback is very welcome!
People forget that adding an old Voodoo 1/2 card to your system has not only advantages. Since you have to use a pass-through cable, the picture quality will get worse in high resolutions due to the longer signal path. Monitor switches aren't a good solution either; they too affect image sharpness. :-(
/Mir (eagerly awaiting XFree86 4.0)