Internet demands video of Linux running 100+ apps. Any takers?

[diablo75]

Yesterday, this picture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/burnflare/2387682004/) showed up on digg.

Today, this video (http://gizmodo.com/377255/vista-running-108-apps-bites-back-mac-os-x-butt).

Just for fun, I think someone should make a video of compiz throwing at least 100 windows around a cube or something.

Anybody up for it?

[tdrusk]

I have done it. I will do it tonight if no one does it before I get home.

[aaaantoine]

I would like to take this time to point out that OS X's expose feature appears to be functionally superior to Compiz's Scale plugin. Scale places all windows on a grid regardless of shape or size, but Expose appears to more efficiently use the space if that screenshot is any indication. Is there an improved version of Scale out there that does this?

[billgoldberg]

I will give it a try I only have 1gb ram (cpu is ok).

I'll give it a try, but I don't know if I have a 100+ apps. haha

Might be wise to do this in xubuntu, but i'll try in ubuntu anyhow.

If it is successful (I doubt it) I'll post the video to blip.tv and put the link here.

[toupeiro]

Can someone define "application" for me?

I have a box now right in front of me with 450 applications running...

[diablo75]

I would like to take this time to point out that OS X's expose feature appears to be functionally superior to Compiz's Scale plugin. Scale places all windows on a grid regardless of shape or size, but Expose appears to more efficiently use the space if that screenshot is any indication. Is there an improved version of Scale out there that does this?

+1

Hope someone can modify the scale plugin or provide a way to do this...

[toupeiro]

Can someone define "application" for me?

I have a box now right in front of me with 450 applications running between 34 users logged in simultaneously...


EDIT: sorry about the duplicate post, I didn't think I did reply, I thought I did edit.

[Blue Heron]

Yesterday, this picture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/burnflare/2387682004/) showed up on digg.


There are other values that count.
No one needs compiz but everyone needs drivers.

[Mazza558]

Well, I got up to 73 programs on my laptop (specs in sig), before it locked up properly and I had to do RSEIUB to save it. Well, I guess Hardy IS a Beta...

[Mazza558]

Can someone define "application" for me?

I have a box now right in front of me with 450 applications running between 34 users logged in simultaneously...


EDIT: sorry about the duplicate post, I didn't think I did reply, I thought I did edit.

Can you run the scale plugin and take a screenie?

[p_quarles]

Can someone define "application" for me?
I have the feeling that "application" is being confused here with "window."

*sigh*

I'll post a screenshot of my computer running Apache, spamassassin, and cupsys later. ;)

[bobdob20]

I managed to get 80 applications running before i ran out of programs. I probably would have been able to open 100, before running out of ram.

[paul101]

i'm gonna try on my quad core - 5 gig ram MONSTER


:popcorn:

[71CH]

Video please :)

[paul101]

ive got 60 programs running, but the thing crashed (i'm using hardy)

[Therion]

Maybe I'm confused here, but how is this any kind of indication of anything really? I've never made comparisons, but having a Terminal open can't possibly use as much memory - or as many CPU cycles - as say, Firefox, for example.

Wouldn't having 100 open instances of Firefox be more daunting than 100 open Terminals? Or am I just totally off the beam here?

[klange]

100 apps at once? That's nothing, I can run 100+ Firefox windows at once, and that's on my Athlon XP (1.5ghz, 512mb of RAM, with Compiz on a Radeon x800, 'radeon' driver). I'll take this challenge and up it to 200 - and I'll do it on a live disk with Compiz (FusionLive pre-anything, it's just slax with GNOME). I'll have a video by tonight. (On my laptop, sorry, can't risk turning my server off for that long)

[paul101]

ive just counted all my aplications up and i have 98 of them :(

[retrow]

I'm nowhere in league with you guys, but I managed to get 27 apps, but several were running in background (like transmission, ssh server, etc.) and my choice of programs was heavy too. I was running things like monodevelop, eclipse, gimp, geany, spreadsheet and in general stuff that is more intensive. And I did that on my 3.4GHz machine running on 1GB memory.

The screenshot is pretty clean, take a look :)

Ubuntu w/ 27 heavy duty apps (http://nuclear-imaging.info/files/image/ubuntu27apps.jpg)

[paul101]

i gave up on programs so... 144 sticky notes open :D

[71CH]

i gave up on programs so... 144 sticky notes open :D

:lolflag:

[smartboyathome]

I would rather see 100+ processes running on your machine. After all, you can have 100+ windows open, but that doesn't mean that there are a lot of processes going.

[retrow]

True - I had 27 different processes running.

[paul101]

:lolflag:

tomorrow gonna make the sticky notes 50x50 size

and then 25x25 size

:popcorn:

[Ripfox]

I got 71 UNIQUE apps running with expo on before X crashed to GDM...but I only have 2 gb ram so I'm sure SOMEONE here can do this?

[FuturePilot]

i gave up on programs so... 144 sticky notes open :D

ROFL!!! :lolflag:

[bruce89]

I have 122 processes running here, not doing anything special.

In other words, define what a program is.

[Ripfox]

I have 122 processes running here, not doing anything special.

In other words, define what a program is.

Screenshot?

[p_quarles]

Screenshot seems rather excessive to prove how many applications one has initiated in the current sessions. Text file attached.

[Vadi]

I'm afraid that won't win over the internets...

Here are two videos - one with 100 windows open (scale plugin arranged them in a 10x10 grid) (click (http://www.mediafire.com/?saixnybo0zm))

And another where I additionally opened firefox, and then win xp in virtualbox (click (http://www.mediafire.com/?1cqnbmm2ttc)).

Could someone who knows video editing make them look nice with captions and all, & submit wherever it's needed?

Edit: zomg! I should've watched the screenshot + video first. I was supposed to go over 150 and show the cpu usage... it's in the top gnome panel, first box, if anyone can point it out.

[klange]

Blast! Won't be able to get my live Compiz install running tonight. Oh well *starts a bunch of stuff*. This'll be fun.

Oh darn, sorry to let you guys down, my 945 just ran out of texture memory and started getting very corrupt looking. Curse those Macs with their high-end nVidia cards! Pics of my attempt in a minute.

[retrow]

100 Windows
+ Firefox
+ WIndows

= Pwn

= Priceless! :guitar:

[Linuxratty]

i gave up on programs so... 144 sticky notes open :D

Priceless!:popcorn:
What if you stuck them all together and they spelled LINUX?
:)

[Ripfox]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LaGpRIKCWSE

There it is...:guitar:

[Ripfox]

http://digg.com/linux_unix/165_apps_running_on_Linux_simultaneously

DUGG :)

[klange]

Not even close: I ran out of texture memory and everything started glitching (http://random.ogunderground.com/ran_out_of_texture_memory.png). My x800 on my Athlon XP machine will fair better, guaranteed.

[Ripfox]

VADI...do you mind putting that latter video up on youtube...it's actually more impressive than the 165 app video...

[Vadi]

I'm working on a better one, give me a moment.

[blithen]

I'll do a video I just don't have a very good video camera/don't know any good desktop recording programs. (recordmydesktop isn't going to cut it)

[Vadi]

This is a bit tough because scale re-arranges the windows a bit each time you use it. I was hoping to memorize the locations of all windows before shooting... it's taking me a good 5 mins to find nautilus, dolphin, and konqueror :(

[Ripfox]

Cool...if we can pwn them any further, it would be nice. You are right, it has to be something graphical for the internets :lolflag:

P.S. I know this is a ******* contest, but I don't care I think it's fun...:)

[Vadi]

The quality of this one didn't turn out so well, but here it is (click (http://www.mediafire.com/?n5z2nzymmxj)). I got a more impressive list of applications this time :)

Feel free to upload it and do whatever you wish. Hope it helps :)

[retrow]

... it's taking me a good 5 mins to find nautilus, dolphin, and konqueror :(Use gnome-do to find and launch the applications. Its an application launcher analogous to Quicksilver ala Mac.

[Ripfox]

Not even close: I ran out of texture memory and everything started glitching (http://random.ogunderground.com/ran_out_of_texture_memory.png). My x800 on my Athlon XP machine will fair better, guaranteed.

lol...good try my man!

[Ripfox]

The quality of this one didn't turn out so well, but here it is (click (http://www.mediafire.com/?n5z2nzymmxj)). I got a more impressive list of applications this time :)

Feel free to upload it and do whatever you wish. Hope it helps :)

Done...will post link soon. Thnx!

[Ripfox]

Wow...good job Vadi. Very cool video!

[NightwishFan]

I made this video a bit ago. Not impressive, but my comp is not all that great either.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=flzK16vbbSE

[SonicSteve]

I know this is a bit off the point at hand but...
The more I see of Vista's Aero the less I like it. I find it lack usefullness. It's not nearly as good at scaling windows. Does it really matter how many apps can be opened? I'm not sure it really proves anything. Compiz has far better features than Aero, Mac on the other hand looks about as good as Compiz. They seem to have figured it out.

[Ripfox]

removed this, trying to download the better quality video to upload to youtube but cannot get Vimeo to download even with a video nabber...

[FuturePilot]

The quality of this one didn't turn out so well, but here it is (click (http://www.mediafire.com/?n5z2nzymmxj)). I got a more impressive list of applications this time :)

Feel free to upload it and do whatever you wish. Hope it helps :)

Wow! That was awesome! Especially the end when you showed your system specs. :D

Haha, Vista and Mac just got pwnd! :lolflag:

[savagenator]

[img=http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1697/over100appsxa8.th.png] (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=over100appsxa8.png)

Now I got all 101 programs. Someone look at that and tell me if I am cheating in a way, i'll make sure to not cheat. I have 3gb of RAM, a 4400+ AMD processor, and a 7800GT. I'm listening to music through amarok right now too (just realized that I had 2 open, thats 100 then). So my computer is still usable. cube is a litte laggy though.

EDIT: Cube doesn't work. Nevermind. But i can do a Ctrl+Alt+Right to switch over.

[Vadi]

Here's a higher quality version (I figured out how to use an uploading service):

http://vimeo.com/881515

I wonder if we can get it submitted anywhere :)

[Jive Turkey]

Here's a higher quality version (I figured out how to use an uploading service):

http://vimeo.com/881515

I wonder if we can get it submitted anywhere :)


Looks like a winnar!!!!

The rain effect at the end was a nice touch:)

[Ripfox]

I will re-upload the new video...damn, we already have "video responses"

You tube is on maintenance right now...:(

[billgoldberg]

I made a video last night, I had all the applications on my pc running at the same times with only 757mb ram memory, and with the cube and flip plugin, i'll upload the badboy to blip.tv now.

[toupeiro]

Just for clarification, someone might consider changing the title of this to "Internet demands video of Compiz scaling 100+ apps"?

I would love to show the desktops of the 34 some odd people using 450 apps on one of my servers, which I personally think is a hell of a lot more impressive than scaling 100 apps on a single screen... Unfortunately, they aren't even all in the same geographic location, which makes such an attempt a little more difficult.. The real question doesn't seem to have anything to do with linux capabilities, only Compiz.

[billgoldberg]

I uploaded the video here:

http://blip.tv/file/815061/

(it's still converting for the moment).

[billgoldberg]

[QUOTE=billgoldberg;4688399]I uploaded the video here:

http://blip.tv/file/815260/

[Mazza558]

The Digg comments are funny.

People were boasting about it when they did it on their own platforms (Vista, OSX), but when we beat them both, they're like "this is pointless" or "get a life". Bunch of hypocrites.

Maybe I'm being too serious about it. :)

[aimran]

It is pointless. Technically the only thing that limits the amount of programs open is the RAM and CPU. Don't believe OS sets a limit.

Saying that, Ubuntu's smaller footprint means that there can be more programs open on a limited RAM :)

[Ripfox]

Like I said, ******* contest.

But fun...:)

[Mazza558]

It is pointless. Technically the only thing that limits the amount of programs open is the RAM and CPU. Don't believe OS sets a limit.

Saying that, Ubuntu's smaller footprint means that there can be more programs open on a limited RAM :)

What I mean is that these same people who were pointing out how pointless OS wars are (When the Linux story got to the front page), were being incredibly fanboyish in the comments of their own story.

[Ripfox]

here, I dugg Vadi's new video too

http://digg.com/linux_unix/110_Programs_in_Linux

[Ripfox]

Vadi...can you send me a copy of the better quality video?

[Vadi]

There's the better quality one: http://www.mediafire.com/?1cqnbmm2ttc

Or if you meant the blip.tv one, you can download it off the webpage there

[Ripfox]

Is this the 102windows one or the 110 windows one?

[Ripfox]

http://blip.tv/file/340692

This is FUNNY...

[diablo75]

i gave up on programs so... 144 sticky notes open :D

That's pretty funny. :)

[diablo75]

Well, if we ever make a video like this again, we need to buff it up and make it look more professional than that one that ended up hitting Digg's top 10. Kudos to the guy who made it, but it's no sound, worse, an unidentifiable clicking in the background like your sound card is broken. And the waiting on the typing in the text editor for zooming into it so we can read it.... that probably shouldn't have been done either... Two very boring elements that held the video back, I think. Still, it made the top 10 on digg.

[notwen]

Well, if we ever make a video like this again, we need to buff it up and make it look more professional than that one that ended up hitting Digg's top 10. Kudos to the guy who made it, but it's not no sound, worse, an unidentifiable clicking in the background like your sound card is broken. And the waiting on the typing in the text editor for zooming into it so we can read it.... that probably shouldn't have been done either... Two very boring elements that held the video back, I think. Still, it made the top 10 on digg.

Do you recall what you said in your initial post?



Just for fun, I think someone should make a video of compiz throwing at least 100 windows around a cube or something.

Anybody up for it?

Criticizing a volunteer offering for something you requested is not exactly respectful. Perhaps you could specify your pre-requisites prior to your next request before talking down on something they have took the time out of their day to create on your behalf. Beggars can be choosers. =]

[herbster]

I can't think of more than 30 or max 40 or so GUI apps to run. I've always got about 150-200+ processes going, that's normal, but not separate programs.

Vadi, what did you use to capture your desktop for your video?

[diablo75]

Do you recall what you said in your initial post?



Criticizing a volunteer offering for something you requested is not exactly respectful. Perhaps you could specify your pre-requisites prior to your next request before talking down on something they have took the time out of their day to create on your behalf. Beggars can be choosers. =]

I'm sorry that my comments were taken so negatively, but they were not insulting. They were positive suggestions. Neutral criticism at worst. At least I'm not a Vista user.

[Vadi]

I can't think of more than 30 or max 40 or so GUI apps to run. I've always got about 150-200+ processes going, that's normal, but not separate programs.

Vadi, what did you use to capture your desktop for your video?

Istanbul. I can't figure out gtk-recordmydesktop to record compiz nicely, even with the help of the author...

[DigitalDuality]

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[intense.ego]

I'm not sure if someone already mentioned it (i didn't read thru all the pages), but i saw this on digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/165_apps_running_on_Linux_simultaneously

[Ripfox]

http://digg.com/linux_unix/165_apps_running_on_Linux_simultaneously

DUGG :)

Yep