Re: gtk+ and gtk-engines slow

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik pobox com>]

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 raster@redhat.com wrote:
> anbd to be honest. the numebr of 486's + 16 Mb of ram that will run
> gnome compared to those on PII-300's is minimal - especialy considering
> tat machines get faster - if you D have a 486+16mb ram then reduce the
> settings yourself. GNOem shoudl NOt go overriding a users imlib prefs.
> ever.

It is correct that GNOME should not blindly override a user's imlib
prefs.  But it is also reasonable to allow GNOME to override the default
imlib-config settings at the direction of the user. 

Surely you do not expect everyone on legacy machines to know about a
specific setting in a specific program, which needs to be tweaked just
to make their setup useable.

Also, there are GNOME _developers_ currently using 486's.  Please don't
forget these legacy machines when you develop, just because you have a  
shiny new PII on your desk.  :) 

	Jeff