On Monday 04 August 2003 04:59, Anarky wrote: > > how do you think Windows accomplishes this? > > how? >
combination of prelinking and loading things ahead of time. If it is made by Microsoft it shares a common underpinning. This translates directly to faster loading times. > Why do you think XP uses so much > memory? > > > in a rather evil way I'm happy windows is starting to use a lot of mem :P > ... I had a lot of trouble a couple of years back when I was advertising > linux to my friends .. and had to admit that it used easily 64-128Mb ... > while win98 managed with 32 ... > Linux has ALWAYS used less memory per task than the Windows equivalent. The problem is the way linux tells you what it is doing. Your machine always appears to be lower in memory than it really is. > > hmmm ... know of any other X app for editing text that's fast & clean > (preferably with tabs) .. something like kwrite ... fast loading & > lightweight? > > heh, I use emacs these days (-: Beast to load but I only load it once. P.S. that html is leaking again hombre ...... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
