Is it with every gui app or is it just primarily with those two
applications? Keep in mind that Netscape and the Gimp aren't exactly light
applications. A terminal is nothing more than a frame and a console-no load
there. There's a huge difference. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W [mailto:wisdom04@home.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 10:41 AM
> To: plug
> Subject: linux seems slow
> 
> 
> I am running Linux Mandrake 7.1 on an AMD K62 500Mhz,Asus P5A mobo,64
> MB,Western Digital 15.3G,Diamond stealth 2mb vid card on an 
> S3 x server @
> 1024x768. I am dualbooting  win98 on the first 7 gigs and 
> linux has the rest
> of the HD. I seem to have a 5-7 second delay when launching 
> any graphical
> application such as netscape,gimp etc. Opening a terminal window is
> instantaneous. maybe this is normal tyhough I seem to rember 
> hearing that
> Linux opened apps faster than windows. I am curious if their 
> is something
> simple that may be causing this or if it is normal under a 
> GUI or perhaps
> just my dog of a vid card.
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
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