personally, i wouldn't/don't want countless programs loading automatically and unnecessarily, and this all begs the question - which programs are to do this own their own? if mozilla nad openoffice, why not every single program loaded on every available storage medium?
unless each program has a definable option to let me decide which ones to pre-load, i'd much rather keep my RAM (however much or little i may have) free to do with as i choose, not as every program i choose to keep decides. for openoffice, i leave it up for as long as i forsee needing to use it - sometimes hours or days if i do constant updates to something. otherwise i can afford to wait until it comes up, doing other tasks in the meantime. preloading has its place and definite benefits, but it may well not be suitable for all; don't try to make it so. --- Original Message --- From: Sandeep Khanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 9......Mozilla Quickstart? >Hi, > > >Sevatio wrote: > >> I've seen "quickstarts" of many kinds in Windoze, but out of >> curiosity: How much resources does a "quickstart" consume? Doesn't >> it preload parts of the application therefore unnecessarily using up >> resources? Why not just start it from an icon? > >With RAM so cheap and sop plenty, I don't think that should be a >problem. Why do people still want to go back to Windows?? One of the >reasons being, good User Interface principles............Hourglass >cursor when a program is loading, quick Browser opening, quick >spreadsheet opening...etc.... > >Linux is known to be fast, but, applications like Mozilla, Open Office >put shame on it's great reputation. I am sure this must not be anyone's >intention and there must be ways to tackle this. One of them being >loading portions of software during login or startup. > >--Sandeep > >> >> >> Sandeep Khanna wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Does anybody know of Mozilla quickstart in Linux. Or there is no >>> such thing !!! >>> Well, this feature is there in M$ Windows and not in Linux !!!! I >>> thought it is an Open Source project originating in the Open Source >>> World, so shouldn't it be having good killer features in Linux atleast ! >>> >>> Especially when, the main place Linux is lacking good speed is the >>> web browsing experience with the big lizard 'Mozilla' and Office >>> Suite like Open Office or KOffice (all of them damn slow !!!) >>> >>> Sandeep >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >>> http://www.mandrakestore.com >> >> >> >> >> > >-- >Sandeep Khanna >Graduate Student in Computer Science, >Villanova University >Contact Number: >(Home) 1-610-964-1320 >(Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) >(Cell) 1-267-253-6808 > > >Quote of the day: > >Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. >--Joan Chittister > > >
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