Le 2014-01-28 15:54, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
> On 28/01/2014 10:51 AM, scott wrote:
>>> Apparently the command-line version zips along quite nicely on a Pi, but
>>> the GUI is "a little sluggish - but still faster than the original Mac".
>>
>> I got fed up with trying to run a music player on my pi (xbmc) under
>> linux, it was stupidly sluggish just navigating menus or responding to
>> key presses, searching the library was a total joke. So I spent a few
>> days writing my own one in interpreted *BASIC* (with just the core
>> search function implemented in assembler for speed) under RiscOS. Now as
>> soon as you type the next character in your search term the results are
>> displayed instantly, or navigating the folder structure is pretty much
>> instantaneous. I can only conclude that the Linux APIs for doing
>> graphics and file IO are bloated and slow for whatever reason.
>
> I know I ran Linux (Debian Potato) on my Amiga 1200, and it was slow to
> the point of being laughable. Meanwhile, the native OS was trippy fast -
> faster than some of today's modern PCs, 20 years later. Then again, I
> suspect that X11 doesn't know how to do custom trickery with the Blitter
> chip...

We've been through this before.  You are comparing the performances of a 
go-kart around a tire-track, with that of a tractor-trailer rig around 
the same track, and wondering why a lawnmower engine can outrun a 1300HP 
supercharged diesel.

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