Re: Speed of netscape 3.0

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From: Dimitri Maziuk
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 00:00

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Dave Fitch wrote:
> 
> Has anyone else noticed netscape 3.0 runs significantly slower than
> 2.0??  I don't think it's my imagination!  I've only had 3.0 for a
> couple of weeks and when I look up regular web pages I'm sure it
> takes longer to load now than it used to.
> 
> And the great pauses for minutes on end (while it does it's garbage
> collection?) have got longer too.  Time to revert to 2.0 I think.
> 
> Maybe 3.0 is a lot more demanding on memory?
> I've got 8Mb + 16 Mb swap, 1.2.13 kernel, Xfree86 3.1.2 (i think?).
> 

I've 12 + 12 and 2.0.x kernels and Netrape runs fine (loading takes a
few seconds; when it's up the slow bit is my 14,4 modem :( ) with news,
mail, and one or two browser windows open.

So, I think you need more RAM, or more swap and a kernel 
with better swapping scheme.  Or all of the above.   ;)

Cheers
Dimitri
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