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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2014-11-17 21:43, Israel skrev:
> On 11/16/2014 11:16 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> Den 2014-11-16 18:25, Israel skrev:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> For all who were not present yesterday, we had an off-the-record discussion.
>>> We all decided to think over the current ToriOS setup.
>>>
>>> Here are some of the thoughts we had:
>>>
>>> Rox-filer is VERY lightweight, but has some inherent issue.
>>>
>>> So we discussed (and tested ) using PCManFM instead of udiskie and Rox.
>>> I am going to build an ISO soon with this setup and we can further test
>>> this.
>>>
>>> From my initial testing it seems that the memory difference is very
>>> minor... so minor I was unable to accurately determine if it did use
>>> more or less memory.  It was very close indeed.
>>>
>>> PCManFM (for those of you who have never used LXDE or Lubuntu) is a very
>>> lightweight Filemanager, that can handle mounting devices, and also
>>> handles a lot of the normal stuff, like MIME-types, trash being saved in
>>> a folder before being deleted permanently, etc...
>>>
>>> As far as we were concerned PCManFM is the best choice for us.  It
>>> retains the correct Numix-gtk theme, and worked very well.
>>>
>>> If anyone is opposed to this please speak up!
>>>
>>> We all thought the benefits of it outweigh the possible downsides.  The
>>> only downside I noticed was that it opened a bit slower than Rox... it
>>> took maybe 1 or 2 seconds to open, rather than opening instantly like
>>> Rox does.  But this is the initial testing... if I start it in the
>>> background (to handle mounting volumes like udiskie has) it may open
>>> just as quickly.
>>> removing udiskie from the mix may offset any memory losses by using
>>> pcmanfm...
>>>
>>> I'll let you all know when I have an image to test.
>>>
>> Hi Israel and all toriosadores,
>>
>> I'm happy with pcmanfm :-)
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
> 
> 
> Ok... the PCManFM results (from a VM) are in... 72MB
> I also tried it without a powermanager, and no wicd or volume-icon  that
> was around 60MB
> So... what does this tell me?
> I think a desktop computer could run this just fine with pcmanfm instead
> of Rox.
> Without using the powermanager it knocks it down 1-2MB of RAM
> Without volumeicon it is another 1-2MB
> Without Wicd is around 7MB RAM
> which gets it to 61MB +/-
> 
> I think this is acceptable, what does everyone else think?
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> 
> -Israel
> ToriOS Team
> 

Yes, I 'vote for' pcmanfm, it does not eat too much RAM.

Best regards
Nio