----- Original message ----- > On 12/30/12 05:51, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 09:01:41AM +0000, J Boehm wrote: > > > I have recently tried out 5.2 on a slightly dated hardware (nvidia > > > based, Athlon, 500MB Ram). Working with Seamonkey or Xombrero seems > > > to be slow, pages load reluctantly in 5.2. Videos on Youtube are > > > almost impossible to view. I tried changing settings in pf, cache, > > > network cards etc but had to go back to 5.1. It seems there is some > > > I/O problem with 5.2. > > > > > > Regards / J > > > > > Can you try a -current snapshot to see if the many fixes have helped > > the situation? > > > > .... Ken > > > 5.2 added multi-core support to pthreads, so if it's a multi-core > machine then your threaded apps should run better.
Depends on your definition of better. In some regards rthreads is a step forward but in others without more kernel work it is a step backwards. The problems mentioned at the top of this e-mail have definitonly not been fixed with -current so far. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
