On 5 Jul, Lei Tie wrote:
> Hi.
> Just recently installed mandrake 6.0 (workstation) got the kkkp working after
>resetting the pnp modem's jumper. The modem is on COM2 and using IRQ 3. The problem
>I have is Netscape is about 3-4 slower that it was in windows. Even file
>downloading. But the strange thing is that i was connected at the same rate in both
>windows and linux. Does anyone know what's wrong? Is there a setting I have to
>change? How do i increase the connection speed.
> Thank you.
There have been a few questions about the apparent slowness of linux
systems in comparison with windows. This is my take on the matter (not
authoratative, just my 2 cents)
i think that netscape for linux is not exactly very well optimised...it
generally takes very long to load, it speed in rendering html pages are
not as quick as a comparable version for windows...even the javascript
interpreter has some problem....(not to mention that netscape really
takes a huge chunk out of your memory...if u dont believe me start
netscape let it run a while and do a top to see how much memory it uses
up)
I have been living with netscape 'cos there are not many browsers on
the market with its feature set. I am looking forward to a stable and
usable mozilla or any browser (i am a developer and cannot use lynx
exclusively cos i need to check graphics and javascript stuff)
For what's worth...
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