On Thursday 23 January 2003 08:04 am, Bart Garst wrote:
> I tested this.
> I booted up, started oowriter from the Gnome start menu.
> With the splash screen it took 17 seconds.
> I disabled the splash screen, rebooted and started oowrite just like
> before. Without the splash screen it took 17 seconds.
>
> Not much of an improvement. Does anybody know how to speed this up in G=
nome
> 2?

Not really.

Y'know, app startup speed is one area where I have to admit that Microsof=
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really on the ball.  As anybody who has used both Linux and Windows can=20
attest, Windows apps (like IE, Word, Excel, etc) all start up significant=
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faster than Linux apps on the same hardware.  I used to always attribute =
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to the fact that MS has a habit of "preloading" quite a few libraries int=
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memory during system started (and they do).

I've changed my tune lately, though, after installing Crossover Office.  =
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allows me to run some Windows apps natively on Linux.  I fully expected t=
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starting, say, Word in Linux would be significantly slower then starting =
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in Windows since none of the code is preloaded... but it's not.  App star=
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is nearly *identical* in Linux as it is in Windows.

For example, on a PIII 700MHz 128M RAM 5400IDE, it takes just FOUR SECOND=
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start up MS Word in Crossover Office.  It takes over 24 seconds for=20
OpenOffice Writer to startup.  That's 8 times slower!

Ah well...