Brendan J Simon wrote: > > I've been using testing for a while now on my Apple G4 laptop. I also > use some unstable packages but the apt defaults are set to testing. I > am using GNOME and Sawmill and I do an apt update/upgrade everyday. In > the last month or so I have noticed that GNOME is *really* slow when > invoking apps. eg. clicking on the gnome-terminal icon in the > gnome-panel. Also, when saving the current session via the gnome menus, > the message box that confirms the settings have been saved takes a long > time to appear. I'm talking multiple seconds which is eons in computer > terms.
If you're running a 2.4 kernel, try 2.4.7 or later. The VM performance has improved significantly. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
