Re: On using Mozilla instead of Firefox

[Roel Schroeven <rschroev_nospam_ml@fastmail.fm>]

Leonid Grinberg wrote:
> The Debian version of Firefox is modified slightly. But that can't be
> the reason for such a dramatic difference in speed (yes, I do agree
> with you). As a matter of fact, I think the main reason is actually
> hardware. Windows is a very bloated piece of software (if it can even
> be called that), and therefore, most computers with it installed are
> reasonably fast. Debian, on the other hand, (and most other
> Unixes/Linuxes for that matter) can run on much slower machines. For
> example, I have a friend that has 3 computers in his room, Windows ME,
> Windows XP, and Debian. Windows XP is a state of the art computer
> suitable for gaming, the Windows XP is usable if not fast, but the
> Debian is slow. This is not because he does not like Debian (he does)
> but because Debian can easily run on slow machines. Therefore, when
> someone installs a pretty big piece of software (Firefox), it runs
> pretty slowly.

I don't think that completely explains the problem. I have used Mozilla 
and Firefox on different dual-boot systems, with either Windows 2000 or 
Windows XP on the Windows-side and Debian, Gentoo or Ubuntu on the 
Linux-side, and I have always had the impression that everything worked 
smoother on the Windows side. I have no hard evidence for that though, 
it's purely subjective.

Also I recently started using Firefox downloaded from mozilla.org 
instead of the package in Ubuntu, and I have the impression that it is 
somewhat faster than Ubuntu-Firefox but still slower than Windows-Firefox.

--
If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood
on the shoulders of giants.  -- Isaac Newton

Roel Schroeven