Gnote is a Lot Faster and a Lot Lighter Than Tomboy
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-05-01 17:16:20 UTC
- Modified: 2009-05-01 17:16:20 UTC
Can't take the piss out of benchmarks
Summary: Gnote offers performance advantages over Tomboy, which is based on Novell's Mono
THE legal issues around Mono put aside, Tony Manco has just compared Tomboy and Gnote [
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As the screenshot below shows, Tomboy also consumes roughly three times what Gnote requires in terms of memory. This must be the legendary "Mono bloat" people frequently complain about. Perhaps it's not just disc space and wasted space on the CD-ROM which counts as an issue associated with bloat.
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Comments
Darren
2009-05-01 21:46:01
HarryTuttle
2009-05-04 11:02:18
Robert Millan
2009-05-01 22:30:24
http://trmanco.com/2009/05/01/gnote-vs-tomboy-and-complete-mono-removal.trm
Roy Schestowitz
2009-05-01 22:41:47
DOUGman
2009-05-01 23:24:42
Roy Schestowitz
2009-05-02 06:41:05
oiaohm
2009-05-02 05:07:28
Higher disk space usage can reduce memory usage. So yes less disk space usage can equal more ram usage leading to systems needing way more ram without good need.
10 megs more memory that is basically not forgivable. Thinking mono is being beat by a program built with Gcc that cannot optimize its way out of a paper bag due to its design.