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From: Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:31:28
Message-Id: 8a0028260604300722g653f1f91v81754f8c82483760@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow? by Jeff Rollin
1 Oh, yeah. I couldn't understand why people raved about the speed of Gentoo
2 till I added USE="-DG_DISABLE_DEBUG"
3
4 On 30/04/06, Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@×××××.com> wrote:
5 >
6 > I know a lot of people don't recommend this, but I haven't had any trouble
7 > with CFLAGS="-O3", specifically in firefox 1.5.0.2
8 >
9 >
10 > On 30/04/06, Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name> wrote:
11 > >
12 > > wu chuanwen wrote:
13 > > >
14 > > >
15 > > > 2006/4/30, Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@×××××.com
16 > > > <mailto:jeff.rollin@×××××.com>>:
17 > > >
18 > > > Works fine on mine; what are your USE flags?
19 > > >
20 > > > USE="gtk gnome gcj hal -qt -kde dvd alsa cdr nptl nptlonly pic".
21 > >
22 > > Hm, those are not firefox USE flags. What do you get, when
23 > > you run
24 > >
25 > > emerge -vpt mozilla-firefox
26 > >
27 > > I get:
28 > >
29 > > [ebuild U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2-r1 [1.5.0.2]
30 > > USE="-debug gnome -ipv6 java -mozdevelop -xinerama xprint" 0 kB
31 > >
32 > > Have you yet tried a blank profile?
33 > >
34 > > Alexander Skwar
35 > >
36 > > PS: Please no HTML. Makes your posts harder to read.
37 > > --
38 > > "Is it really you, Fuzz, or is it Memorex, or is it radiation sickness?"
39 > >
40 > > -- Sonic Disruptors comics
41 > > --
42 > > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
43 > >
44 > >
45 >
46 >
47 > --
48 > ------------------------------------------------------
49 >
50 > Argument against Linux number 6,033:
51 >
52 > "...So this is like most Linux viruses. You have to download the virus
53 > yourself, become root, install it and then run it. Seems like a lot of work
54 > just to experience what you can get on Windows with a lot less trouble."
55 >
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58
59 --
60 ------------------------------------------------------
61 Argument against Linux number 6,033:
62
63 "...So this is like most Linux viruses. You have to download the virus
64 yourself, become root, install it and then run it. Seems like a lot of work
65 just to experience what you can get on Windows with a lot less trouble."

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow? Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>
Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow? lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com