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From: Nich Steicke <nano-tech@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 02:53:20
Message-Id: 4456C6EC.70602@netspace.net.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow? by lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com
1 lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com wrote:
2 > On Sunday 30 April 2006 08:47 am, Alexander Skwar wrote:
3 >
4 >> wu chuanwen wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> 2006/4/30, Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name
7 >>> <mailto:listen@×××××××××××××××.name>>:
8 >>>
9 >>> Hm, those are not firefox USE flags. What do you get, when
10 >>> you run
11 >>>
12 >>> emerge -vpt mozilla-firefox
13 >>>
14 >>>
15 >>> I get this:
16 >>> [ebuild U ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.2 [1.5.0.1-r4]
17 >>> USE="gnome ipv6 -debug -java -mozdevelop -xinerama -xprint" 37 kB
18 >>>
19 >> Do you really need ipv6? I doubt that this has anything to
20 >> do with the problem at hand, but if you don't need it, you
21 >> should remove it. If you don't know anything about ipv6,
22 >> it's very probable that you don't need it.
23 >>
24 >
25 > IPV6 is a protocol that is (AFAIK) just a layer below TCP/IP. I wouldn't
26 > remove it if I were you.
27 No, this is simply wrong - IPV6 is the next generation protocol we are
28 currently using IPV4 - why IPV6 is a default build flag i would have no
29 idea, as from what i can see, it will be a good while before IPV6
30 actually becomes implemented.
31
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