Re: [Nautilus-list] Nautilus Goals

[Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>]

> OK, how bout if I say "Konqueror is MUCH faster"?

How 'bout, "Konqueror used to be MUCH faster" :-)

I just performed timings using CVS Nautilus (soon-to-be Nautilus 1.0.4).
It should be noted that I'm using the latest and greatest Bonobo
(release) which contains a significant performance improvement for
opening new windows (in particular). I performed each test twice, which
is good because there were some timings that look anomalous.

http://www.stanford.edu/~snickell/timings.html

Can I emphasize that this should not be a "my dick is bigger than yours"
contest? I realize that its not "fair" to compare an
as-of-yet-unreleased Nautilus against an old Konqueror, but the point
here is not fighting, the point is motivation to fix things. That's why
its friendly competition *grin*. We're not all the way there yet on
performance, but this should be a big ataboy compared to our 1.0
performance :-)

I'll give more detailed information about the tests later, and
explanations of some weirdnesses experienced.

-Seth

> Sorry for the HTML, but I tire of pandering to the "I can't take HTML 
> even tho it makes life so much easier" crowd.
>          
> *Task:**
> * *Nautilus**
> * *Konqueror*
> Cold start (no relevant processes running)
> 18 seconds
> 12 seconds
> Warm start (close file manager, then while helper processes are running, 
> start another)
> 10 seconds
> 3 seconds
> Open directory in current view
> 4 seconds
> 1 second
> Open directory in new window
> 8 seconds
> 2 seconds
> Open/View 3.1k text file
> 3 seconds
> 1 second.
> Open/View 58.k jpeg file
> 4 seconds
> 3 seconds
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> In Konqueror, options such as view text preview and view image preview 
> were on.  Nautilus is mostly as shipped, except desktop management is 
> turned off.  It is unbearably slow for many common operations, such as 
> switching the virtual desktop.
> 
> Everything about this test was exactly the same.  The same directories 
> were opened, the same files were viewed.
> 
> Also worth noting is the list of processes left running when Konqueror 
> exited.
> 
>     ben      18296  0.0  2.0 17296 5188 ?        S    17:20   0:00
>     kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid
>     ben      18298  0.0  2.2 17736 5788 ?        S    17:20   0:00
>     kdeinit: klauncher
>     ben      18300  0.0  2.1 17320 5664 ?        S    17:20   0:00
>     kdeinit: kded 
>     ben      18302  0.0  1.8 17012 4704 ?        S    17:20   0:00
>     kdeinit: Running...
>     ben      18303  0.1  2.1 17452 5444 ?        S    17:20   0:00
>     kdeinit: kio_file file /tmp/ksocket-ben/klauncher8jSg8b.s
>     ben      18304  0.2  2.5 17968 6692 ?        S    17:20   0:00
>     kdeinit: kio_thumbnail thumbnail /tmp/ksocket-ben/klaunch
> 
> 
> These processes killed themselves within 10 seconds of Konqueror being 
> closed.  On the other hand . . . .
> 
>     ben      17636  0.5  2.3 11720 5936 ?        S    17:14   0:01
>     nautilus-throbber --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_thro
>     ben      17645  1.3  3.7 15360 9576 ?        S    17:14   0:02
>     hyperbola --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:hyperbola_factory:02b
>     ben      17647  0.4  2.2 11612 5920 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-history-view --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_
>     ben      17649  6.1  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:13
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17651  0.3  2.1 11608 5648 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-notes --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_notes_v
>     ben      17669  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17670  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17671  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17673  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17674  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17676  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17679  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17681  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17684  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17685  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17686  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17687  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17688  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17689  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17690  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17691  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17693  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17694  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17696  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17920  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      17922  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:14   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      18044  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:15   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
>     ben      18045  0.0  3.4 59860 8812 ?        S    17:15   0:00
>     nautilus-news --oaf-activate-iid=OAFIID:nautilus_news_vie
> 
> 
> The Nautilus processes had to be killed manually.
> 
> The machine used was a PIII 450 with 256MB ram.
> 
> $ free
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:        257524     218568      38956      65552       9476      88388
> -/+ buffers/cache:     120704     136820
> Swap:       265064      35268     229796
> 
> $ uptime
>   5:53pm  up 13 days, 23:20,  8 users,  load average: 0.08, 0.13, 0.14
> 
> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor    : 0
> vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
> cpu family    : 6
> model        : 7
> model name    : Pentium III (Katmai)
> stepping    : 2
> cpu MHz        : 453.176
> cache size    : 512 KB
> fdiv_bug    : no
> hlt_bug        : no
> sep_bug        : no
> f00f_bug    : no
> coma_bug    : no
> fpu        : yes
> fpu_exception    : yes
> cpuid level    : 2
> wp        : yes
> flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov 
> pat pse36 mmx fxsr xmm
> bogomips    : 904.40
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> :   -\<,
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