Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750814AbWEQRqj (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 13:46:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750818AbWEQRqj (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 13:46:39 -0400 Received: from 216-99-213-120.dsl.aracnet.com ([216.99.213.120]:63181 "EHLO clueserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750814AbWEQRqi (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 13:46:38 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:46:29 -0700 (PDT) From: alan X-X-Sender: alan@blackbox.fnordora.org To: David Schwartz cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: RE: replacing X Window System ! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1431 Lines: 35 On Wed, 17 May 2006, David Schwartz wrote: > >> Would a pentium class machine even run firefox on windows? >> >> I think there is something very wrong with how firefox manages it's page >> rendering and scrolling. It certainly eats a ton of ram with whatever >> it is doing. > > My sister can testify that it's possible but there's really no point. She > has a P60 with 128MB of RAM (the max her mobo can take) and it takes about 2 > minutes to launch firefox. She uses gmail, and it's basically unusable on > her machine. Almost once every day I send her another configuration for a > machine I recommend she should buy to end her suffering. She says she uses > her machine so little it's not worth it. I point out that she uses it so > little because it is useful for so little. The P60s are just bad to begin with. That is the one where the floating point error appeared. Gmail requires a current browser. To support it you need a machine made in this century, not the last. Just because Linux will run on that machine does not mean it is a good idea. But we have gone WAY off topic for the kernel list. -- "Waiter! This lambchop tastes like an old sock!" - Sheri Lewis - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/