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Linux distros for older hardware (Linux.com)

Posted Feb 25, 2006 2:34 UTC (Sat) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)
In reply to: Linux distros for older hardware (Linux.com) by s_cargo
Parent article: Linux distros for older hardware (Linux.com)

XUL is, no doubt about it, a relatively heavy solution to the cross platform gui problem. That's where you're seeing your time go. Personally, I'm not a fan.

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Posted Feb 25, 2006 6:20 UTC (Sat) by Arker (guest, #14205) [Link]

If it's the XUL interface then I'd expect, for instance, Galeon, would be much faster. I haven't
tried it in some time, but last I checked it wasn't.

Linux distros for older hardware (Linux.com)

Posted Feb 26, 2006 18:17 UTC (Sun) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]

That it does not have one specific performance problem does not mean that it has no others.