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He clearly has no idea what he's talking about, but he does have two points. 1) Resizing a window shouldn't cause a crash - this is true, but very specific to
by planckscnst 17y ago
He clearly has no idea what he's talking about, but he does have two points.
1) Resizing a window shouldn't cause a crash - this is true, but very specific to his setup; most users will not experience the behavior he saw here.
2) If X crashes (which it inevitably does from time to time), it should not also kill every app you have going. This one is a huge huge problem.
- jacquesm 17y agoI've been using X for about 5 years straight now, before that other versions of it (mostly SGI stuff). I've had exactly one crash. In all that time. This machine is on 24x7 and on average has 10-15 (large) windows open on two screens (soon to be 4). X is absolutely rock solid in my experience, but as with all anecdotal evidence that doesn't mean much. When you start playing around with custom window managers and all kinds of other esoterics I don't doubt that it is possible to crash X (the time I did it it was when I tried to set up an X server across 4 displays on 4 different computers, http://pics.ww.com/v/jacques/projects/screen/dscf1072.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 http://pics.ww.com/v/jacques/projects/screen/dscf1072.jpg.ht... ). I was pissed off but I was really asking for it.
- windsurfer 17y agoI tried to set up an X server across 4 displays on 4 different computers Maybe Vista 7 should learn a few things from X...
- thras 17y agoTry turning on Compiz. You'll see some crashing.
- kidko 17y agoI did that a few months ago, actually. The only crash I had was because I forgot to update my driver for the new video card I got. Since then, it's been as stable as my pre-Compiz system.
- apotheon 17y agoWhy would I do that? What does Compiz do for me? It's just whirling cubes and wavy windows.
- dhimes 17y agoI use Compiz all the time, and I have no problems with crashes. I like the effects, but there is one that is very helpful: alt+mousescroll allows me to change the transparency of the selected window. As I don't have multiple monitors, I find this very convenient when coding (or any other task where I have to refer to information in another window). I also like "rolling the windows up" like a window shade (available on some themes. I dunno...I just do!
- apotheon 17y agoThat's the first time I've ever run across something Compiz does that would actually be useful to me over a non-compositing window manager.
- wglb 17y agoI routinely operate with 50 open, often as many as 100. Never had an X crash in the two years been with this setup.
- christopherolah 17y agoSeconded. X has only crashed once or twice in the last 3 years of me using it. This may be anecdotal evidence, but then again so is the article.