Re: Gnome Speed

["James Hamilton" <JAMESH davistl com>]

My Gnome(Ximian) Debian GNU/Linux box got a lot faster when I switched 
from kernel 2.2.17 to  2.2.19.  Mozilla got a lot faster as well.  I don't know 
why.  Perhaps that kernel has significant imnprovements in efficiency in
areas that Gnome makes heavy use of.  Ximian's stuff is slower, but 
prettier and easier.  It also has a more professional look and feel, for the 
managers to ooh and ahh, and the users to feel more comfortable.  I think
those umpteen instances of Nautilus, which is still really slow, have a lot to
do with Ximian slowing down the entire system.

Thank you,
James Hamilton
Systems/Software Engineer
Davis Tool, Inc.
(503) 648-0936 ext 378

>>> Rob Brown-Bayliss <on_the_net clear net nz> 11/15/01 12:04PM >>>

A short time ago there was a thread about gnome and requirements, ram
etc etc.

It moved on to a speed issue at some point and I posted re my machine
having slowed down over the years.

Well I just reformated teh hard drive and installed rh7.2, with a lot of
the more recent gnome stuff and I swear it's 20-30% faster than it was
with the ximian gnome stuff.  

Nautilus is not quite the dog it was 2 days ago, but having installed
some of the ximian stuff (bonobo and evolution, ximian menus and thats
about it) nautilus is a bit slower already.

Alas, now the redhat gnucash is not starting and I fear I will have to
bit teh bullet and install all of ximian gnome.  

Has any one else noticed this, is there some thing different about the
way ximian builds it's gnome that makes it slower, or is it some think
about the rest of rh7.2 and my machine would be faster even if I install
all ximian?



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