Re: Opera is faster, but...

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote in Article <[🔎] f72hts$7b0$1@sea.gmane.org> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:

>> Firefox in Windows is faster than Iceweasel/Firefox in Debian and
>> Ubuntu. Firefox in Windows is faster than Swiftfox in Debian/Ubuntu.
>> Firefox in Zenwalk is faster than Iceweasel/Firefox/Swiftfox in
>> Debian.(may be it is because of Zenwalk's low mem usage). Opera in
>> Debian is faster than Iceweasel/Firefox/Swiftfox in Debian. Opera in
>> Windows is fastest!
>> 
>> *Why?* Please clarify!
>> 
> 
> I doubt that the reasons can be given unless they are very obvious. This
> whole question of "faster" depends so much on feelings and specific
> applications/sites.
> 
> I know opera in Debian is faster on my two-seater than iceweasel. But
> that is when it reads my wordpress blog. But in most other sites the
> advertisements get in the way and then it is slower again.

Have you considered setting up squid and adzapper for your network?  No
matter how small, it's hard to not get some improvement from squid,
especially when using adzapper.

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Paul Johnson
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