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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:30:41 +0200 |
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Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebrecht@×××××.fr> wrote: |
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> The 17/09/11, pk wrote: |
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> > dbus is installed in my system, but only because I run Xfce4 (I am |
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> > thinking of installing something else due to it's becoming bloated |
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> > just like gnome). And I have "-dbus" in my global make.conf. |
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> > PS. I am quite astonished at the fact that I have a computer that is |
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> > _way_ faster than the first machine I installed GNU/Linux (an Amiga |
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> > 4000 with a 68040 cpu at 40Mhz) on but the "experience" is still |
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> > the same; it takes about the same time to boot, the same time (or |
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> > even slower) to load a program. It seems the faster the computer |
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> > the more I have to wait for it to finish some task. Contradictory, |
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> > no? Wonder why that is... (bloat?). |
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> Believe it or not but I bet you're not doing the same tasks with your |
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> modern machine and could just not run the user-end software you use |
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> today on a Amiga 4000 with a 68040 cpu at 40Mhz because they learn new |
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> feature since then. |
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:-) Example: |
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Try run a browser on that Amiga. I doubt it would even manage to |
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display the Gentoo logo at http://www.gentoo.org. |
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And forget all about playing music. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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