Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP on Thin clients

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 06/17/2013 12:50 PM, Gunold Brunbauer wrote:
> I`m a network administrator in a secondary school.
> In our computer network we have 15 thin clients.
> I´ve installed GIMP and it worked fine. But when the pupils start 
> gimp, then there are always some workstations on which gimp ist very, 
> very slowly.
> I suppose, that those thin clients on which gimp ist started last wont 
> get enough memory.
> How can I achieve that gimp will use only a limitede amount of memory 
> space?
> Thank you for your advice
> Gunold

If Gimp is slowed down by memory issues in startup, I don't see how you 
can realistically expect to use it with real images that will quickly 
require a couple of hundred megabytes. After startup, with no images, my 
64-bit Linux Gimp uses 60MB or memory (+ 20MB shared) but even simple 
image quickly double this.

Starting Gimp also implies some file activity, so you have some I/O 
contention instead. What are the slow machines displaying when they limp 
along? loading plugins? checking fonts?