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Dont put an end to this thread.
Perhaps someone can summarise the points you have made. They are very valid.
a. Increase Swap
b. Stop services that are not required
c. Get More RAM (since lower ram = more swap file usage = slower /
inefficient performance)
d. Recomend use of less resource hungary software (galeon instead of
mozilla)
e. Do not fully shut off software that you are going to use again and again
(eg, minimise mozilla instead of closing it when you finish looking at a
webpage)
An additional point I guess we can also make here is that in MS Windows XP
also, most software takes time to open. Outlook express takes more than 20
seconds (and massive HDD Access) to open and MSOffice XP is much worse. We
can not compare a PC running Win98 to RedHat9. That comparison does not make
sense.
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Talking of the preloader of mozilla in Windows, can we have a *generalized* pre-loader in
linux ??
I would say it wouldn't be too difficult to write a daemon that preloads stuff and
keeps general statistics as to which executable/library is used the most.
This would increase the booting time by little but the net result should be quite
surprising in my opinion.
IE starts so fast in windows is because just about everything that it requires is
preloaded when windows boots. On the other hand most of the stuff that mozilla needs is
loaded when it is started.
Taking up the proj. anyone ?
I might do so, but let me know if it would really make a difference.
C
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