7 Apr
2012
7 Apr
'12
10:58 p.m.
I suspect my main system would be able to handle it
(I
upgraded it last year to a quad-core Phenom II), but I wouldn't try it on a PIII.
Anyway,
my hope is that I'll be able to render static PNGs from aurora and one or two others
at 1600x900,
which will be a start on providing widescreen wallpaper.
I mentioned the PIII because I think that should be our lowest standard. That is, if a
wallpaper image won't display quickly and snappily on a PIII then we don't include
the image as wallpaper. We don't need poor PR reports from people who can't load
any wallpapers we provide. People running dual and quad cores might or might not notice
any lagging, but people running a PIII sure will. Because one of the reasons people
provide for wanting to run classic desktop environments as opposed to newer desktops is to
keep using older hardware, then we should keep that reason in mind.
As I mentioned, the celtic.svgz kills my dual core system. Granted, I'm using the
on-board Nvidia graphics and not a stand alone video card, but wallpaper should not bring
a system to its proverbial knees. :)
Darrell