Joel Rees wrote: > 2006-02-14 (火) の 14:05 -0600 に Mike McCarty さんは書きました: > >>As far as starting a new window or app, Linux is noticeably >>slower than WinXP on my machine. > > > Uhm, Linux is doing a lot more in the background than your WinXP > machine? CPU normally shows 1-2% with top, unless I'm actually doin something with the screen or running a non-interactive program. > Fifteen, twenty years ago, people used to complain about how slow Macs > were compared to DOS boxes. I guess people didn't understand that an > environment in which a mouse could be accurately tracked requires Requires interrupt processing, not constant CPU drain. [snip] > I really think it must be the full moon out tonight. Must be full moon out every night here. :-) You an old Hack (now NetHack) player? Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!