Re: [PLUG] Victor wants to have a better web surfing experience

2009-07-10 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:41:11 -0700 Michael Ewan dijo: > Victor Soich wrote: > > When I use a web browser called Epiphany and go to my gmail account > > and compose an email, the time it takes for the letters to appear on > > the screen as I type them is super slow. > I was having the same kind o

Re: [PLUG] Victor wants to have a better web surfing experience

2009-07-10 Thread Tim
Victor, > You definitely need a new desktop that will be more memory friendly. > The difference between the desktop and the window manager is mostly in > programming libraries used. The two main desktops are KDE and Gnome, > both are very memory hungry. A window manager runs on the desktop a

Re: [PLUG] Victor wants to have a better web surfing experience

2009-07-10 Thread Michael Ewan
Victor Soich wrote: > Hi, > > I have debian on my laptop and a comcast broadband connection. > > When I use a web browser called Epiphany and go to my gmail account > and compose an email, the time it takes for the letters to appear on > the screen as I type them is super slow. > > When I open a lo

Re: [PLUG] Victor wants to have a better web surfing experience

2009-07-10 Thread Michael M. Moore
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 04:34 -0700, Victor Soich wrote: > Hi, > > I have debian on my laptop and a comcast broadband connection. > > When I use a web browser called Epiphany and go to my gmail account > and compose an email, the time it takes for the letters to appear on > the screen as I type the

[PLUG] Victor wants to have a better web surfing experience

2009-07-10 Thread Victor Soich
Hi, I have debian on my laptop and a comcast broadband connection. When I use a web browser called Epiphany and go to my gmail account and compose an email, the time it takes for the letters to appear on the screen as I type them is super slow. When I open a lot of tabs, i.e. web sites, my syste