Hi guys. I've compared first(cold) start and repeated start of applications. Those are not any special benchmarks, but might be enough for getting the idea. Ubuntu 9.04 with Gnome 2.26.1 and openSUSE 11.2, Milestone2 with Gnome, both with ext4 file system, in Vmware on the same machine. Ubuntu 9.04 Start from Grub to gdm - 39 seconds Shutdown from gdm - 11 seconds Evolution first - 4s repeated - 2s Pidgin first - 4s repeated - 2s OpenOffice writer first - 11s repeated - 3s Brasero - 2s repeated - 1s Firefox first - 5s repeated - 2s Control center first - 3s repeated - 2s Gimp first - 11s repeated - 9s Nautilus first - 2s repeated - 1s openSUSE 11.2 Milestone2 Start from Grub to gdm - 61 s Shutdown from gdm - 15s Evolution first - 6s repeated - 4s Pidgin first - 5,8s repeated - 2,5s OpenOffice writer first - 19,3s repeated - 9s Brasero first - 3,5s repeated - 2,4s Firefox first - 9,5s repeated - 4s Control center first - 5s repeated - 3s Gimp first - 23s repeated - 17s Nautilus first - 5,5s repeated - 2,5s Hope this helps -- S pozdravom / Best regards, Rasto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org