-->> Also, please read other posts I send simultaneously. I'm sending this mail as if it is the first time it is being posted; Because, I need more members' notice. Why do I send these to Gnome mailing list? ->Wider spread in the linux community is required. Please look at the attached text file. Bahram Alinezhad, Tehran, Iran. -->> Also, please read other posts I send simultaneously. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com I don't know how much effect it can have, I don't know how many times it has been commented, I don't know what can I do for an improvement, But I know... Working with a computer is not enjoyable when it responds slow! ___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | TIMES TO RUN | | | | | | | IN | SuSE | RedHat | Windows | Windows | | | SECONDS | 9.1 | 9.0 | XP(SP1) | 98(se) | | | | | | | | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| ___________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | boot before | | | | | | | login | | | | | | | | 62 | 54 | 22 | 20 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | boot after | (KDE 3.2) |(Gnome 2.2)| | | | | login | | | | | | | | 80 | 17 | 9 | 9 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | |(Konqueror)|(Nautilus) |(Explorer) |(Explorer) | | | file browser | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | < 1 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | multi media |(Kaffeine) | |(M-Player) |(M-Player) | | | player | | n/a | | | | | | 12 | | 1 | 1 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | control | | | | | | | center/ | | | | | | | panel | 15 | 4 | 1 | < 1 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | | (YaST) | |(Computer | | | | management | | n/a |Management)| n/a | | | | 15 | | 2 | | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | add/remove | | | | | | | components | | | | | | | | 45 | 15 | 6 | 4 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | find file | | | | | | | | 12 | 1 | 1 | < 1 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | command | (Konsole) |(Terminal) |(DosPrompt)|(DosPrompt)| | | prompt | | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | 1 | < 1 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | | (Kwrite) | (Gedit) | (WordPad) | (WordPad) | | | text editor | | | | | | | | 15 | 3 | 1 | < 1 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | total | | | | | | | | 265 | > 97 | 45 | > 36 | | |_______________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________| Also note: - I am shouting not because I hate linux, but because I hate negligences hurled at it so far! - I know many people will suggest me to have a fast xxxx MHz CPU: No, I suggest programmers to test their programs on an xxx MHz CPU to see what they have created! These are my computer specifications: Ultra high speed CPU: AMD K6-2+ at 550 MHz, Extra high end GPU: nVIDIA RivaTNT 16MB PCI, Super high speed SDRAM: 512MB PC133, Seagate 120GB 7200rpm + Western Digital 120GB 8MB buffer Windows98-SE + WindowsXP-SP1a + RedHat-Linux-9.0 + Suse-Linux-9.1 (Already, I am using Mozilla browser 1.7.3 on Linux) Other system properties: Professional sound: Creative SB16 ISA, High bandwidth modem: Rockwell 33.6 ISA, High quality big monitor: 14" color monitor ----------------------------------- Have fun! Bahram Alinezhad (alineziad@yahoo.com), 9/26/2004, Tehran, Iran.