Is this something that is desktop-specific? To have something start
minimized, you have to run something like the KDE or GNOME, don't you?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Warner [mailto:wwarner@direct-alliance.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:29 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: linux seems slow
> 
> 
> I think it is really more of windows <b>SEEMS</b> fast.  
> mainly because
> it preloads alot of stuff on boot.  Internet explorer is 
> mostly running
> all the time so when you start it it seems really fast to start.  I do
> similar things in linux and start many of the programs I use regularly
> minimized.  that way I just click on them and they start 
> extreamly fast.
> of course I don't think I would do that with staroffice yet although I
> do do it with Netscape.
> 
> Bill Warner