The 17/09/11, pk wrote: > dbus is installed in my system, but only because I run Xfce4 (I am > thinking of installing something else due to it's becoming bloated just > like gnome). And I have "-dbus" in my global make.conf. > > PS. I am quite astonished at the fact that I have a computer that is > _way_ faster than the first machine I installed GNU/Linux (an Amiga 4000 > with a 68040 cpu at 40Mhz) on but the "experience" is still the same; it > takes about the same time to boot, the same time (or even slower) to > load a program. It seems the faster the computer the more I have to wait > for it to finish some task. Contradictory, no? Wonder why that is... > (bloat?).
Believe it or not but I bet you're not doing the same tasks with your modern machine and could just not run the user-end software you use today on a Amiga 4000 with a 68040 cpu at 40Mhz because they learn new feature since then. Bloat? -- Nicolas Sebrecht