[H-GEN] Linux Problems

Craig ARMOUR c.armour at uq.net.au
Wed Sep 6 22:58:00 EDT 2000


[ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
[ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]

> The Netscape speed seems to be a more recent problem since upgrading to Red
> Hat 6.2, Mandrake 7.0 did not seem to suffer with this problem
 
1 word, bloat

redhat 6.2 run a whole lot of crap in the background which slows down
pretty much everything [1].  Ditch Gnome et al. and or prune the amount of
stuff that starts up and you're away ;)

[1] that CD automounter used to annoy the hell out of me

Cheers
Craig



--
* This is list (humbug) general handled by majordomo at lists.humbug.org.au .
* Postings to this list are only accepted from subscribed addresses of
* lists 'general' or 'general-post'.



More information about the General mailing list