It's probably not java (as in the java VM on the machine), but javascript in the browser. I have noticed that firefox's javascript is noticably slower on linux than on windows (both 64-bit and 32). Check out for example digg.com (a site that makes extensive use of javascript). There is a noticeable performance difference.
... HH On 12/29/06, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:45:37 -0800: > Note that if this was just Flash on the front page it would be no > big deal. However I think there may be additional issues around the speed > of Java once you log in and get inside the web site. That is what really > matters and it's very slow on this machine. What Java are you using? When I switched to Gentoo I decided I didn't need Java enough to override its being proprietary, so I don't have it installed here and haven't had it installed on Gentoo at all. However, back on Mandrake, I noticed Java was /dreadfully/ slow at times on Linux. IIRC, I was using kaffe JVM at that time and attributed it to that, but I was trying to run broadbandreports.com's Java based speedtest applet, and it was simply too slow executing to produce anything even /close/ to reliable results. So it may be the JVM or something Java related, rather than flash or whatever. Happily, now that Sun is GPLing Java, I should be able to merge a decent and freedom software based Java one of these days. I'm looking forward to it! =8^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- [email protected] mailing list
-- Harry Holt, PMP
