On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 12:29, William Hooper wrote: > Ow Mun Heng said: > > On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 12:00, Hideki Hiura wrote: > > > >>> From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@xxxxxxx> > >>> Anyone knows how to tweak this parameter to say iso8859-1 via a proc > >>> or a sysconfig interface/file? Does the change actually make a > >>> difference? > >> > >> It probably depend on application...modern toolkits such as gtk+ use > >> UTF-8 as internal encoding so changing external encoding from UTF-8 to > >> iso8859-1 actually add extra step to convert UTF-8 to/from iso8859-1 upon > >> I/O. > >> > > Well... then tell me this.. > > > > > > how come FC2 seems(IS) slower compared to my original RH9 install. I was > > using iso8859-1 then and utf8 now. > > Different kernel version > Different Gnome version > Different KDE version > Different compiler used > etc., etc. > > Tell me this: Why is my apple slower than my original orange? :-) So.. we're going towards the bloated concept again?
