Alrighty, #2 proof-of-concept worked, so we'll start implementing that for A3. Idle CPU usage reduces down to Mutter without the Unity plugin, so 7% with Totem, 1-2 % with X-chat and 0-1% with nothing (on Intel i945, Maverick).
Alrighty, #2 proof-of-concept worked, so we'll start implementing that for A3. Idle CPU usage reduces down to Mutter without the Unity plugin, so 7% with Totem, 1-2 % with X-chat and 0-1% with nothing (on Intel i945, Maverick).