Re: [OT] Interview with Con Kolivas on Linux failures
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On 07/24/07 14:36, Mike McCarty wrote:
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> [*]
> $ uname -a
> Linux Presario-1 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 #1 Mon Mar 28 00:50:14 EST 2005 i686
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> It took my machine 3 seconds to do a "copy" after selecting
> that text on my screen, because the disc ran that long after
> I clicked on the "Edit" button on the window frame. It had to hit
> disc to load the image and/or software needed to copy the selected
> text. I am running Thunderbird, one instance of Netscape, one instance
> of acroread 7.0, and four xterm windows.
2.6.10 is pretty old. There were significant improvements in the
VMM system back around .11 or .12.
Also, Tbird, Netscape & Acroread are RAM hogs. (People say that
Tbird and FF are lean, but that's a crock.)
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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