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From: lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow?
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 04:04:22
Message-Id: 200605032156.31469.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow? by Alexander Skwar
1 On Monday 01 May 2006 10:50 pm, Alexander Skwar wrote:
2 > lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com wrote:
3 > > On Sunday 30 April 2006 08:47 am, Alexander Skwar wrote:
4 > >> wu chuanwen wrote:
5 > >> > 2006/4/30, Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name
6 > > that is (AFAIK) just a layer below TCP/IP.
7 >
8 > Wrong. Besides: "just a layer below TCP/IP" makes no sense.
9 > TCP/IP is a protocol family. Two of those members are IPv4
10 > and IPv6. Now, what's "just a layer below TCP/IP" supposed
11 > to mean?
12
13 I didn't know. I'm not a network programmer. I will be sometime when I get
14 the time to read up on it all, but until then, it was just a educated guess.
15
16 > > I wouldn't
17 > > remove it if I were you.
18 >
19 > Why not? Why leave in things, which are not needed and which
20 > are known to possibly cause problems?
21
22 For me the "Why not?" is the part that I can't answer. I don't know what it
23 does, therefore I don't mess around with it.
24
25 Furthermore, I have never heard of it causing problems.
26
27 > >> Try a blank Firefox profile. To create one, run "firefox
28 > >> -ProfileManager".
29 > >
30 > > I don't see how that would help anything.
31 >
32 > It would help, if the problem is on his side, caused by bad
33 > settings in his profile. If everything's faster with a blank
34 > profile, he knows for sure, that the problems were caused
35 > by his old profile.
36
37 I've never *ever* heard of a profile being corrupted. I'd be very surprised
38 if that's the case.
39
40 Nonetheless, it is a good idea, if a bit debatable in the likelihood it fixing
41 the problem at hand.
42
43 > Alexander Skwar
44 > --
45 > It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
46
47 I'd beg to differ.

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