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Firefox 1.0.1 is slooow compared to IE on Linux
« on: May 17, 2005, 03:08:15 AM »
there was a thread here that showed how to speed up firefox so I did it.. but its still slow to retrieve sites.. my sons Windows 2k box beat going to AO by 13 seconds.. any clues as to why?  oh..runnin on SuSE 9.2
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Re: Firefox 1.0.1 is slooow compared to IE on Linux
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2005, 04:21:45 AM »
linux box is Suse 9.2 running on a 2.x ghz machine, 512megs ram, Win2k box is a 900mhz machine 384megs ram, broadband connection. both on a router on a 5 user network.
PowerMac G5 dual 2.0ghz/128meg Radeon/500gb HD/2GB RAM, MorphOS 3.9 registered, user #1900
Powerbook G4 5,6 1.67ghz/2gb RAM, Radeon 9700/250gb hd, MorphOS 3.9 registered #3143