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" <wisdom04@home.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> 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
> > > >
> > > >
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