linux seems slow

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