Re: debian: gnome is slower with testing distro
Brendan J Simon wrote:
>
> I've been using testing for a while now on my Apple G4 laptop. I also
> use some unstable packages but the apt defaults are set to testing. I
> am using GNOME and Sawmill and I do an apt update/upgrade everyday. In
> the last month or so I have noticed that GNOME is *really* slow when
> invoking apps. eg. clicking on the gnome-terminal icon in the
> gnome-panel. Also, when saving the current session via the gnome menus,
> the message box that confirms the settings have been saved takes a long
> time to appear. I'm talking multiple seconds which is eons in computer
> terms.
If you're running a 2.4 kernel, try 2.4.7 or later. The VM performance has
improved significantly.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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