Actually, I didn't get that impression at all. I was just making sure you where aware of the JVM overhead w/ Star Office and that wasn't the reason for your concern. Regards, Mike Cantrell ----- Original Message ----- From: John W To: Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 11:45 PM Subject: Re: linux seems slow > Mike, > I get the impression that you think I am knocking Linux. Not by any stretch. > I also have the splash screen off in ie so i don't see it, I double click and i see yahoo.com > almost instantaneously. I may have to many progs in Linux I really don't need and that could be a cause. > You are right ms office takes a while to load on my win98 system. I think maybe just having > Linux / at around the 7.5 Gig area of the disk may be a culprit as well. I don't really know > the way Linux behaves. I suspect win98 would not like living in that location of the drive. > John > > > Mike Cantrell wrote: > > > Star Office is mainly Java ... that means it has to translate the byte code > > through the JVM (this applies to both MS and any other OS) which makes it > > slow to start.... I'd *really* like to see a non-java version of a MS Office > > equivelent [1]. > > > > You think Netscape takes a while to start because there is no splash screen > > in linux... MS has a splash screen for you to look at while it loads. It's > > all smoke and mirrors. In reality, it's about the same (I havn't actually > > timed it). > > > > [1] - yes, I know Star Office isn't all Java > > > > Regards, > > Mike Cantrell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John W" > > To: > > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 11:21 AM > > Subject: Re: linux seems slow > > > > > > > > This seems to ocuur with the specified programs and star office as well. > > The reason this seemed unusual to me caompared to windows is > > > that there is no delay in windows opening MS office and netscape. I can > > more readily understand The Gimp as Photoshop doesn't snap into > > > action either. I don't want to be misunderstood I really like linux I jist > > want it to perform to the best I can get it to. I even > > > enrolled mysielf in some classes at gateway to supplement my learning and > > go side by side with the Cisco classes I'm taking. > > > > > > Lucas Vogel wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your > > > > > mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to > > > > > write mail. > > > > > > > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss